Hosea

In recent years, new theologies have risen to answer the questions concerning the existence of God and evil. Openness, Love, and Essential Kenosis theologies offer an explanation for evil; however, there are several issues within these theologies which cause concern. Their answer redefines omniscience, teaches that God cannot be a sufficient cause, and stresses the proper way to understand God is only through love. These views have direct implications on the inspiration of Scripture and God’s…

I was engaged once in my life. My girlfriend desire to get married was so extent that she bought the engagement ring. I was very immature handling relationships, and that usually left me with a heap of misfortunes. I did not care for her, and I took the relationship as a sport. I was unfaithful to her many times over. When I finally had enough courage to leave her for another girl, I did. At first she did not know the full extend to why I had left her. She continually made attempts to win me…

From day one of creation till today things have not been working well with women in the site of men. Looking at how this world was created by God, women have been a cause of few problems and situations that the world is facing today. Their presence as a helping mate have cause few misunderstanding in which from the beginning has put this world into a chaos, from day one of creation till today, the exact truth can not be tell.. The intent of God allowing a woman to be part of the first creations…

The book God 's Big Picture is a 167-page book written by Vaughan Roberts and published by IVP Books. The sub title to this book is “Tracing the story line of the Bible”. I believe Roberts does a fair job at accomplishing this task. The key to tracing the story line of the bible is to look at it outside the box and in big picture view hence the title. Roberts narrows the bible down to a few key points and sub points. The bible both old and new testament have a pattern that Roberts…

2. Israel a. Abraham, the Father In “Ur of the Chaldeans” (Gn 11:31), probably the same land of Babel, there is Abram, a man that waits for the word of God, a man that is able to hear, a man chosen by God, the first in the Bible to be called “prophet” (Gn 20:7). Abram is presented as the anti-Babel character par excellence. A kind of dichotomy can be seen in the two accounts. The promise of God to Abram “I will make of you a great nation” (Gn 12:2) finds its counterpart in the story of Babel…

Introduction Introduction This paper will discuss the interpretation of John 15:2. In this chapter, Jesus preached to His disciples a discourse about Himself as the True Vine; His Father is the Vinedresser, and the disciples are the branches. In verse 2, Jesus taught the disciples the consequences to the branch that does bear fruit and to the branch that does not bear fruit. To the branch that was fruitful, the Father will prunes so that it may produce more fruits. To the branch that…

very strong disapproval and in the book of Romans it tells us there is no condemnation for those who live in Christ and repent of their sins. If we admit our guilt He is just to forgive. He also tells us that we will harvest what we have planted. (Hosea 5:15) (1 John 1:9) (Romans 8:1) (John 14:5) (Psalm 97:10) (Psalm 5:4) (Isaiah 59:2) (Galatians 6:7) (Numbers 32:23) Can God sin? I believe God can not sin. He is perfect and it is not in His nature to sin. In hebrews it tells us that it is…

Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, grant mercy and healing upon us, who grieve. Amen.” Love: An Ethical Decision Read: Song of Solomon John Wesley is known as a founder of the Methodist Movement in search of the Scriptural way of salvation and a life of holiness. A member of the holy club at Oxford in the 18th Century, he studied in the tradition of piety seeking inner peace and divine grace. His search established the foundation of a world-wide parish promoting Christian Perfection, a…

Jubilation for Victory in War: If we start by surveying the secular uses of the verb and its noun, we will see just what kind of enthusiasm we are dealing with. Isaiah compares the gladness that Israel will feel at the coming of the Messiah to the jubilation (yagilu) that warriors have when they divide the plunder (Isa. 9:3b). Habakkuk also uses the word to describe the joy that the Babylonians will have (yagil) when they capture the Hebrews like fish in a net (Hab. 1:15). Zephaniah extends…

INTRODUCTION This book initially began as a commentary on my Facebook page, entitled, “Do Animals Go to Heaven?” It was the product of a question asked of me by our church youth. Several within the adult congregation disagreed with me. However I presented scripture as well as sound teachings. When I asked what their scriptural denial to my stance was, the reply I received was, “It’s in there somewhere,” referring to the Bible. Their incorrectly held beliefs were based on personal “feelings” and…