Bible study

What are the four models four understanding the Bible? This is a simple enough question to consider, but the truth is these four models are extremely important to understand. Now, the way to understand these four steps is by being aware of what they are. First, is the proof-text method, next comes the historical-critical method, after this is the reader-response method, and finally the syntactical theological method. Each of these methods is unique in their own way, and the best way to learn…

take a class at Lancaster Bible College as a High School junior at Lampeter Strasburg High School. I would like to take part in their Jumpstart program, which allows me to take college classes while I am not quite graduated yet. I have heard from many friends and acquaintances that Lancaster Bible College is a great school with many well educated professors. It also is a great environment to learn which is why I would like to become a student there. I like that Lancaster Bible College is a faith…

Curtis, similarly to another response I created, I would like to say to you as well that I cannot find fault in your stance on this subject, however I would also like to take the scripture you utilized a bit further, since many people do not agree that the Old Testament is still applicable to today. In the beginning, God spoke directly to Adam and commissioned him as the worker to bring home the food for him and his family, as God speaks directly to him and says “By the sweat of your face you…

The author of Ezra is most likely himself, an educated scribe who came out of Babylonia to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple. Nehemiah, a cupbearer to King Artaxerxes I of Persia, also wrote most of the book called by his name. He came to Jerusalem to rebuild the walls. The events in Ezra happened from 538 to 457 B.C., with about a sixty year gap in the middle (during which Esther takes place). From 444 to 425 B.C., Nehemiah worked to rebuild the walls and realign the hearts of the people of…

MBTS class U-CE405: Making Disciples CCC. I became a Christian in my early twenties after a year long process of reading my Bible. It was a tremendous journey full of unbelief, discouragement and finally faith. A year later the Lord called me into full time ministry. In the fall of I995 I was enrolled at Baptist Bible College in Springfield, MO. It was here at Bible College that I not only learned of the deficiencies of most people’s view of discipleship, but I began a long journey in…

understandings of such people is different. One may ask: “If they believe in the people mentioned in the Bible, then why don’t they just use the Bible as their sacred text? Why the Qur’an?” This is where an examination of the Qur’an becomes rather interesting. Any faithful Muslim will make the claim that the Words of the Bible were given by God, but were corrupted by men later on, thus rendering the Bible untrustworthy, and leaving the need for another sacred book (in this case, the Qur’an).…

In Matthew 5, he claims that a righteousness is necessary which is greater than that of “the scribes and the Pharisees” (The Holy Bible 1065). In chapter 6, Jesus beware of praying “like the hypocrites” (1067), who are anxious to be seen in their good and religious…

liberated the Hebrew slaves from Egypt. Moses is the most highly regarded human in the Torah, as Jesus is in the New Testament (Deslippe 2011). By celebrating Passover, Christians recognize the miracles and revelations through other figures in the Bible. Likewise, Shavuot, the Jewish celebration of the giving of the Torah by Moses, can help Christians recognize the Old Covenant between God, Moses, and the Hebrews. The Ten Commandments were given to Moses by God, and became the Law that Jews and…

I found your out of the box response very interesting. You identified a great historical example of ethics and it inspired me to pursue other historical examples of ethical codes. Through my research the oldest code of ethics I found was written in 57 AD. These ethics come from the verses 9-21 of the 12th chapter in the book of Romans. This code of ethics has been followed by millions of people across the globe and has knowingly and unknowingly served as the basis for most of the ethical codes…

enemies and loving our neighbor, and also the Scripture that commands us not to kill. Afterward, she said she does not know how she can show love to people who are unloving, and that Scripture was not helping her figure this out. Working with the Bible study to address this situation, I first asked them the ways that this has been done in our history. I explained about the early Christians who were pacifists and drew in followers with their radical love, even when they were being…