Read Hosea 1:1-3:5 – The Message As you read notice that I have inserted a few of my own comments (in blue). I’m hoping that they will help you to understand what you’re reading a bit more. Hosea 1 1 This is God’s Message to …
Read More5 Life-Changing Experiences – Israel
February of 1996. I was 26 years old. I had been a youth minister for 8 years. Full-time for 4. The youth had all gotten together for my birthday and given me $$ to go skydiving (on my bucketlist of things to do). My Pastor, …
Read MoreDispensationalism
OK – So dispensationalism is the method of theology that I would subscribe to. Here are some the basics for this ideaology: 1. A consistently literal interpretation of the Scriptures. 2. A definite difference between Israel and the church. (Covenant theologians say that the church …
Read MoreCan’t Buy me Jeremiah???
Tonight was the last night of my Old Testament Prophetic Literature class. For an hour and a half of it we watched the movie Jeremiah, which covered his life. Clearly there had been some speculative licenses taken for the purposes of film making, but in …
Read MoreWhoa Jonah!!!
I just found out last night that the Book of Jonah is not about a guy running from God, getting eaten by a whale, preaching to an ungodly nation, and then going into depression. This was a surprise to me, but God didn’t send Jonah …
Read MoreAwesome School Stuff
Wow! I really love going to class on Tuesday nights. Right now I’m in "Special Issues in the Old Testament – Historical Literature." Anyway, last night, Dr. Loken gave us an overview of Genesis. There are lots of things he covered which I knew, but …
Read MoreBricks and the Sabbath
Here’s some stuff I learned from a podcast with Rob Bell regarding Sabbath. Sabbath is a “gift” from God. It’s not about this day or that day or the details of how you spend it (Anytime legalism enters the picture, it becomes a “duty” and …
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