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A Proverb for Today — Proverbs 25:28 (part one)
Fill your tank with the petrol of an uncontrolled spirit and you’ll have enough “foolishness fuel” to make a mess of your own life, as well as causing trouble for others. Continue reading
The Scriptures — Moved by the Spirit (Summary)
Our salvation is clear — because “That Book in Your Hands” is His Book. The ideas, the words, the languages in which they were given, the styles in which they were communicated, the personal experiences of the writers, it is all His. We don’t have to worry about whether Paul’s personality, or Luke’s Greek education, or David’s warfare, hindered God’s truth and puts our eternal destiny at risk. Your Book is God’s Book, and our salvation is on solid ground. Continue reading
Posted in Bibliology
Tagged 2 Peter 1:21, God's Sovereignty, Holy Spirit, inscripturation, Inspiration, Inspiration Dictation, Scripture
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The Scriptures — Moved by the Spirit (part four — Human Writers)
“That Book in Your Hand” As we continue the study on Bibliology (the study of what the Scriptures are, and how they came to us), I want to look at how God worked in the lives of the human writers … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliology
Tagged 2 Peter 1:21, Amos, God's Sovereignty, Holy Spirit, inscripturation, Inspiration, Jeremiah, Paul, Scripture, Scripture Writers, Writing Styles
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The Scriptures — Moved by the Spirit (part one)
The Spirit carried along the writers in their speaking and writing so that the end product is God’s, and not man’s. Continue reading
Posted in Bibliology
Tagged 2 Peter 1:21, 2 Timothy 3:16, Holy Spirit, immediate inspiration, inscripturation, Inspiration, Scripture
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“Given by Inspiration” — Three Useful Terms
“That Book in Your Hand” This post continues thoughts from/related to my first sermon on “That Book in Your Hand,” a series on the Bible, what it is and how we got it. We have already spent three posts looking at the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Peter 1:21, Holy Spirit, immediate inspiration, inscripturation, Inspiration, revelation, Scripture, theopneustos
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Motivated by the Promise of His Coming (part three)
Yet the truth of our Lord’s Second Coming is not just a glorious truth. It is also a motivational truth. It is a truth that should motivate us to live aright even now. Let us consider passages from Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians. Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Prophecy, Motivated by the Promise of His Coming
Tagged Christ's Return, example, Holy Spirit, hope, Motivation, promise, prophecy
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