Thomas Nelson Publishers today announced a new Bible version that their CEO, Michael Hyatt, calls “similar to the Amplified Bible, but better.” The Expanded Bible will be published on August 11 this year, and they are allowing anyone to download a free copy of the New Testament from their website. I not only wanted to [...]
Posted on April 30th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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Sin is always a great deceiver (Hebrews 3:13), and those who promote it are also deceivers (Romans 1:32). Sin always promises happiness but only provides temporary pleasure while doing damage to the soul and to society.
Just as fornication damages the family and its consequences of children of unwed mothers, poverty and disease affects our society, [...]
Posted on April 28th, 2009 by trp
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We may rest assured that nothing God has told us is trivial. For every word in the Bible, there is a reason. It is interesting to note that Matthew lists the names of four women who were ancestors of Jesus: Tamar (Matthew 1:3), Rahab (Matthew 1:5), Ruth (Matthew 1:5), and Bathsheba (Matthew 1:6). Perhaps none [...]
Posted on April 25th, 2009 by doc
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Does it ever surprise you that people think they need to sanitize the Bible by changing words they don’t like? Is that really important? I mean, does it really matter whether Rahab was a prostitute or an inn-keeper? Well, let’s think about that. Jesus evidently thought that words mattered, for He said, in Matthew 4:4, [...]
Posted on April 20th, 2009 by doc
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Is there such a thing? Yes, there must be, for, in I John 5:16, we read: If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I [...]
Posted on April 16th, 2009 by doc
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I exercise daily, and as I exercise I like to listen to audiobooks. Lately I’ve been listening to Prayer, by Philip Yancey. Many times the author uses the phrase “unanswered prayer”. Granted, Yancey explains his use of the term, but I’ve always disliked calling a prayer “unanswered” just because it’s not answered according to our [...]
Posted on April 13th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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Yes, it is that time of the year, and , all over the world, people are celebrating Easter. What, in reality, are they celebrating?
When the Catholic Church began to try to convert the entire world, they soon found that , while people may have converted to nominal Catholicism, those same people were very reluctant to [...]
Posted on April 11th, 2009 by doc
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You had better think twice before answering this one. As human beings, we have a tendency to accept assumptions without proper proof, and then to rely on such as an improper premise to reach a conclusion that we accept as proper and grounded in truth. We have all heard someone say, “If I live according [...]
Posted on April 9th, 2009 by doc
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How would you respond if I asked you, “What’s the shortest verse in the Bible?” If you answered, “John 11:35,” you’d only be partially right.
If you’re talking about most English translations of Scripture, you’d probably be totally right. Two words. There are several verses with 3 words, but just that one with 2, as far [...]
Posted on April 4th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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When I was a child, I went to Bible class every Sunday. Still do. Back then, we were subjected to that long-forgotten cruel and unusual punishment of weekly memory verses. How inhumane!
Seriously though, I’m amazed, puzzled, and disappointed at how far we’ve come from that. I’ll be the first one to admit that I’m not [...]
Posted on April 1st, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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