In 1997, Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee objected to the wording of a bill designed to guarantee insurance coverage for victims of catastrophic weather. He wanted to strike the expression “Acts of God” from the document and substitute reference to “natural disasters.” He said, “While I realize that to some this is a minor issue, it …
You may have noticed that the Bible isn’t always in chronological order. Psalms and Proverbs come after Nehemiah and Esther. But much of Psalms and Proverbs is set before Nehemiah and Esther. Skipping to the New Testament, 1 Thessalonians was one of the first books written, but it appears after John, one of the last …
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As one of the nineteenth century’s most prolific preachers and writers, Charles H. Spurgeon was pastor for 38 years at New Part Street Chapel, London, which later became the Metropolitan Tabernacle. Spurgeon had a gift for expressing clearly biblical truth. In one of his devotional writings on Psalm 119:53 (KJV), “Horror hath taken hold upon …
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4 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:4-5 (ESV) Over the last few decades our understanding of what is happening in the womb has been illuminated, literally, by …
(Note: This is an article on “The Day of the Lord” that is presented within The Biblical Story Course under ERA 5: Jesus, lesson 24). Synopsis The Day of the Lord is a day of both judgment and rescue. The Old Testament prophets used the phrase to indicate the day when God would punish Israel …
Metaphors can flip and become the literal meaning, and the original, literal expression can become the metaphor. The word “broadcast” is a case in point. When the first radio towers went up, pioneers of this new technology turned to agriculture to describe how their signals went out with a wide sweep. It struck them that …
Which Bible Is Preeminent, the Style Bible or the Holy Bible? Read More »