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Category Archives: Bible History
Did the Catholic Church Give Us the Bible?
A common refrain by Catholics is that the Roman Catholic Church gave the canon of scripture to man. It is reasoned that without the Roman Catholic Church the world would not even know which books to accept as scripture. This … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Bible History, Catholic
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Three Dispensations
God has had three arrangements for governing man. Every Bible student should know this. Failure to understand this, and to be able to distinguish between the three arrangements leads to all sorts of confusion. Let’s review the three dispensations. 1. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible History, Bible Study, Old Testament/New Testament
Tagged christian system, chronology, Jesus high priest, known patriarchal laws, moon light period, mosaic system, old testament/new testament, our relationship to old testament, patriarchal system, son light period, starlight period, sun light period, three dispensations, timeline
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Hebrew/Israelite/Jew
The usage of these three terms at times confuse the Bible reader. Do these words in their strict sense refer to exactly the same thing (or people)? Perhaps, this brief writing will help a bit. Hebrew The word is thought … Continue reading
Posted in Bible History, Bible Study, Chruch, Word Study
Tagged abraham, babylonia captivity, difference between hebrew and jew and israelite, divided kingdom, isaac, ishmael, jacob, jeroboam, judah, restoration, sometimes used interchangably, ten missing tribes, to pass over, to tranverse, who is israel today
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Ethics: Race and Prejudice (Part 1)
An ideal world, justice would be blind. We should be judged by the content of our character, and not the color of our skin or our socio-economic level. However, life is not always idea. Racism exists around the globe. The … Continue reading
Posted in Bible History, Ethics, History, Jesus, Race
Tagged america, antichos, armenians, Bible History, blacks, burma, chinese, ethics, history, ibos, indians, japanese, Jesus, jews, John 4, josephus, justice, lebanese, Luke 10, Luke 17, Luke 9, mt gerizim, mt zion, nehemiah, nigeria, ottoman empire, peru, prejudism, Race, samaritans, sanballet, sierra leone, sri lanka, tamil, temple, zeus
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Why I Believe – The Bible (Part 2)
If the Bible is from God, then one should be able to find unity and accuracy in the message. This is exactly what one does find. The unity and accuracy of the Bible is amazing. Unity “The Bible was written … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Bible History, Evidence, mormon, Mormons, science
Tagged a. h. sayce, accuracy of bible, achaia, adam clark, archaeology, averham biram, bible, book of mormon, bryant wood, col.taylor, cyprus, dalmatia, David, earnest wiedner, enclyclopedia britannica, errors, gallio, henry layard, heroditus, Hezekiah, Hittites, hugo winckler, Jehoiachin, Jehu, jericho, mistakes of men, mormon, nelson glueck, number of writers of bible, omri, politarchs, proconsul, propraetors, robert koldeway, samuel johnson, sennacherib, sennacherib annals, smithsonian, tacitus, taylor prisim, thessalonica, unity of bible, william albright
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