The Bible begins with the account of creation in the book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible. Creation is the foundation of the Bible and a good understanding of creation will greatly assist in understanding God’s Word. Jesus, the...
The theme continues from the last blog on 2 Peter 1:20, which reads: “Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.” We discussed then that this verse was powerful, and that no prophecy found in...
At work this discussion has been had on more than one occasion and on social media with friends who question the validity of God. One question that often comes up is “If there is a loving God, why does He stand back and do...
The two verses above are some of the most powerful verses in the Bible as it aims to give us guidance to do every good work. The man of God here can apply to all and is not just exclusive to...
The Bible claims to be God’s Word. When we consider the Old and New Testament manuscripts used to form the Bible, consisting of 66 books, there has been a great deal of rigour involved in copying of the texts and of...
In the first post about “Understanding the Book of Revelation”, we considered the context of this last book of the Bible and asked some questions to aid our understanding. We determined that John, the writer of the Gospel of John and...
Although the Bible was written by such a variety of people over a long period of time, similar themes keep reappearing. Each time they occur, we learn a little more of the Bible message. Some people call these recurring themes “Bible...
The Almighty God of heaven and earth speaks to us through the Bible and prayer is the way in which we can speak to Him. It is an important part of a believer’s personal relationship with Him. To be able to...
Inspiration means different things to different people. I may for example feel that it’s a process of being stimulated to do something or feel something and would say “I was inspired by … to create …” something in daily life. This...
Most people would agree that the existence of God and His revelation in the Bible is a matter of faith. But how compelling is this faith? Can something that cannot be seen or touched, cannot be proven by experiment, can only...
