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Luke reveals some things not seen in John They are frightened that Jesus might be a ghost. They are uncertain whether this is actually Jesus, or some familiar spirit (demon) sent to torment them more. Thomas is not the focus here Jesus ate in front of them Jesus presents the whole aim of the Scriptures…

Pilgrim’s Progress: The Interpreter’s House How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth (The Reader as an Interpreter) The first reason one needs to learn how to interpret is that, whether one likes it or not, every reader is at the same time an interpreter. That is, most of us assume as we read that we…

We have been a church that thrives and loves revelation. We are a prophetic, apostolic church and revelation is a big part of being who we are. We have also been a church and family of application, however we are moving more into application then ever before. What is truth? We have all heard the phrase…

Overview What Is It? “E scato ” and “ Lovgo ” roughly meaning Last , End , or Final and Study of The study of Final Things in the Bible. ~The doctrine of eschatology deals with personal issues such as death and the intermediate state as well as themes with a more general or corporate focus. These focuses…

Our current series is Understanding Prophecy. A number of people have asked me over the past few months how we can know what scripture says about ‘things to come.’ So, we will be doing a few week study on Understanding Prophecy. Last week, we started laying a foundation for understanding prophecy by…

Intro: We are still in Daniel Chapter 8. Last week we looked at the details of the vision that Daniel had, which involved a ram and a goat. We will review some of those details as we get into the interpretation of the vision. Ram vs. Goat - Interpretation Now this may seem like a history lesson this…

Theo-Centric vs. Anthro-Centric Aboslute Truth Yaweh Interpretations, Man Advises Bridging the Gap

Welcome to Literature of the Bible 1. Pastors, parents, police officers, Justice of the peace, teachers, etc will not be able to judge anyone’s actions because they have faults or are not perfect. 2. How will Christians share the good news of God if they cannot expose the sin and sinfulness of those…

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Purpose: equip us to study the Bible for ourselves and with others. The Inductive Bible Study Method The word inductive can sound confusing. It’s a way to describe how we reason, but…

Everyone dream dreams every night, but most of the time, we don’t remember any of them. Occasionally, we have dreams that seem to deliver a divine message, but we are not sure how to interpret it. Would it be nice if we can interpret our dreams sans superstition since the Bible repeatedly says that God speaks to us in our dreams?

Interpreting the Bible Responsibly Serious Bible Study Isn’t for Sissies “scholars’ tasks are not for sissies.” -Frederick W. Danker Heiser, M. S. (2017). The Bible Unfiltered: Approaching Scripture on Its Own Terms (p. 7). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.- The goal of Bible study isn’t to get a spiritual…

As we begin this morning, I realize that we’re going to be speaking of and looking at Bible prophecy and that some may “tune me out” and be quick to say, “ Bible Prophecy is too difficult to understand .” However, I would like to point out what is recorded for us in vs. 16: So he told me, and made me…

If you don’t know God’s Word you will come to wrong interpretations If you don’t know God’s Word you will be overcome with temptation If you don’t know God’s Word you won’t know Jesus

The speaker provides an overview of the Sermon on the Mount and different interpretational approaches to the Sermon. He demonstrates that the Sermon is Jesus' blueprint for His Kingdom of Transformed Hearts

This message was an overview of Daniel chapters 11 and 12, the final vission and interpretation to Daniel. It ends with a challenge live your life dedicated to God, which is the only "Way" that will lead to Eternal Life.

Last week we saw what life was like for Joseph in slavery. He had great success because of God and was blessed, but was pursued by his master’s wife. When he rejected her advances, she accused him of coming after her and Joseph was thrown into prison. In spite of this, God continued to show him favor…

Intro: We have been going through Daniel chapter 4 and looking at “The Reflection of a King”. Last week we looked at this second dream that King Nebuchadnezzar had (his first dream is recorded in Chapter 2). You might remember that he called all of his occult advisors in to interpret the dream and once…

Genesis 40 The Cover-up Visions Cup-bearer Baker Loss of Memory

Intro: We have been making our way through Chapter 5 of the Book of Daniel. By way of review, King Belshazzar held a huge banquet. He had made the mistake of using the sacred cups that were stolen from the temple in Jerusalem. He used them as part of his celebration… We called this “A Fatal Feast”. During…

There are many gifts given by God, but prophecy (preaching/teaching today) is the most important because it is through this gift that God accomplishes three things necessary for the church: Edification – building up the church Exhortation – giving direction Consolation – comforting This is what the church…

What lenses shape the Amillennial view? The first lens is the presupposition that God’s Kingdom is a spiritual one, and will have a physical and temporal manifestation on earth. Berkhof in his Systematic Theology states, “Reformed Theology is mindful of the fact that the Kingdom of Jesus Christ is represented…

11 Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord .” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord , but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake;…

Psalm 38:21–22 (ESV) 21 Do not forsake me, O Lord ! O my God, be not far from me! 22 Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! Revelation 20:1–15 (ESV) 1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. 2 And he seized the dragon, that…

We pick up this week with Jospeh in prison, forgotten by the two men who were his chance to get released. The Pharoah’s cupbearer and baker, two men who had dreams that Joseph interpreted. And before we move onto the next episode in Joseph’s life let’s take a little time to see how big a deal it was…

1 In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his spirit was troubled, and his sleep left him. 2 Then the king commanded that the magicians, the enchanters, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans be summoned to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the…