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The Scriptures — Moved by the Spirit (part three — Languages)

Language was not something that “happened” to God, something that confined Him in communicating His message. Rather, a sovereign God “happened” to the languages, forming them to be exactly what He wanted to use to convey His truth. Continue reading

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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

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“Given by Inspiration” — theopneustos, Context Revisited

God breathed life into that Book, and thus it is and remains forever a living and life-giving Book. The divine qualities that He breathed into it live on even in that translation in your hand, just as they lived in Timothy’s Greek translation. It still lives and gives life today, just as it always has. Continue reading

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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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