The Poisonwood Bible

the Bible, how the Bible was inspired,and what is the authority of the Bible. In other words: is the Bible speaking to me? How do I know the Bible is not just another document? Why should this old book have authority over me? These are valid questions which many believers today take for granted. Yet, the importance of these questions infect the life of the follower of King Messiah in ways which may be difficult to grasp. What is revelation? I thought revelation was the last book of the Bible,…

saved. Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. The Bible clearly states God 's promise to all who believe in Him, offering eternal life in Heaven with Him. God To learn about God and who He is, one must crack open a book called the…

Subsequently, Muslims devote themselves to only Allah, the lone the designer of creation. In the Quran (the holy scripture of Islam), Allah is evidently the creator of Jesus (as he is for everyone) and is the uniform God that Jesus Christ in the present Bible indicates to as Father and to whom Jesus pleaded to. Also, Muslims deliberate Mohammad, Musa, and Isa as messiahs and heralds guided by God ("heralds" is the expression that denotes to messiahs who conveyed divine doctrines to their…

Introduction One can scarcely go through a day without coming into contact with some issue of social justice. Newspapers, television, and the internet seem to be constantly abuzz with the latest stories of injustice, racism, or the occasional story of socio-economic barriers that are finally crossed. As the Race Together campaign at Starbucks proves, a person cannot even get their morning cup of coffee without being confronted with such issues. It should come as no surprise then that if the…

Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus the Messiah, Emmanuel; who is he? The answers to this may heavily depend on who you ask, where they grew up, and what their religious background is. There are as many answers as there are people, even among those that claim Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior, there are many subtle and not so subtle nuances in the answers that are given. Because of this vast array of differences, it is important to try to understand the basics that run true for most Christians. p.…

Jesus is telling Nicodemus that He is the Messiah, the Christ that they have been eagerly waiting for. He is answering the question that Nicodemus came to ask. Nicodemus was a man who knew God’s word. He was a Pharisee. The Pharisees knew the Scriptures better than anyone. They prided themselves on their great knowledge of and their ability to keep the law. They were supposed to teach Israel and lead them to God, but they were prideful and saw themselves not as shepherds and servants, but…

Enlil that Utnapishtim got away all alone and after that Enlil stipends Utnapishtim the endowment of godlikeness. In the Genesis story, God orders Noah to leave the ark. Noah then gives god a penance. God makes the principal contract of the Hebrew Bible with Noah. At that point at long last, in both variants a sign is given to demonstrate that the divine beings/God won 't devastate the earth in a surge until kingdom come; a rainbow in Genesis and a jewelry in the Gilgamesh adaptation. At the…

John Calvin came up with covenant theology to cover the over all flow of the bible. The first time Covenant Theology was really used was in the 16th and 17th centuries by Ursinus, Olevianus and Cocceius. This theology was used mainly by the Reformed Churches and was it 's predominant theology around the 17th and 19th centuries. Covenant Theology is a system of theology that views God 's dealings with man in respect of covenants rather than dispensations (periods of time). It represents the whole…

their father, and went and followed Him (Holy Bible, NIV, 2016). We are not certain if John heard about Jesus ministry from verbal reports of John the Baptist’s teaching, or if he was drawn to the Lord by the influence of the Holy Spirit alone. Without a doubt, it was an act of courage to follow without questioning. And maybe some curiosity caused him to leave…

head can be seen tempting Simon, taunting the boy with the promise of having “fun” with him and foreshadowing the boy’s death. Simon nearly falls for this temptation, as he is taken over by the presence of the Lord of the Flies and passes out. In the Bible, it is said that Jesus had a confrontation with the Devil in a similar way. Satan tried to tempt Jesus into worshiping him, and the Lord of the Flies’s tactic to overpower Simon resembles much of the Devil’s failed attempt to defeat Jesus.…