Alphabet Soup

Here's a word you may not have heard before but the concept is simple and it's key to understanding some familiar OT narratives. It also has an interesting relevance to our current culture. In Part 1 we'll see how henotheism is essential to understanding the OT and how it appears in western culture today.

Here's a word you may not have heard before but the concept is simple and it's key to understanding some familiar OT narratives. It also has an interesting relevance to our current culture. In Part 1 we'll look at the word in the context of theistic systems, but don't worry. That's not as scary as it sounds.

Spiritual growth probably needs more attention than it gets. What is spiritual growth and how does the progression from spiritual immaturity to maturity happen? In Part 2 we'll discuss the current state of spiritual maturity in the American evangelical church. How healthy, how spiritual mature are we, and why?

Spiritual growth probably needs more attention than it gets. What is spiritual growth and how does the progression from spiritual immaturity to maturity happen? In Part 1 we'll look at what the Bible teaches us about that progression, how it happens, and what can go wrong.

After a longer than expected absence we're back with a look at how the word Father is used in the Old and New Testaments. We'll focus especially on what we learn about God, our heavenly Father. In Part Two the focus is metaphorical uses of the word father in the Bible and how those describe our heavenly Father

After a longer than expected absence we're back with a look at how the word Father is used in the Old and New Testaments. We'll focus especially on what we learn about God, our heavenly Father. In Part One we see that the word has a physical meaning (ancestor) and why that's important to understand correctly.

I think you probably seriously misunderstand what the Bible says about evangelism. But it's not your fault!! You've likely been given some bad teaching on the subject, so join me in looking carefully at what the Bible says about it. In Part 2 we'll take what we learned in Part 1 and discover how easily and effectively you can be a small part of spreading the gospel. I think you'll be surprised, feel a lot better about evangelism, and maybe even get involved in the process.

I think you probably seriously misunderstand what the Bible says about evangelism. But it's not your fault!! You've likely been given some bad teaching on the subject, so join me in looking carefully at what the Bible says about it. In Part 1 we'll learn about the words the NT uses to describe the key concepts associated with evangelism, which is the first step in understanding what we're to do.

In this episode we'll look at the book, not the person. There isn't a book in the Bible where knowing the background and setting is more important to understanding the content. So we'll give a quick overview of the geography, the political situation, and the key events on the timeline associated with the book of Daniel. In Part Two we'll take what we learned in Part One and see how it helps us better understand what's going on in this book and what we should learn from it.

In this episode we'll look at the book, not the person. There isn't a book in the Bible where knowing the background and setting is more important to understanding the content. So we'll give a quick overview of the geography, the political situation, and the key events on the timeline associated with the book of Daniel. In Part One we'll focus on the geography and countries of this book.