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Teach what you've lived
You could paraphrase this verse to say "Point these doctrines out to the brethren, having been nourished by those doctrines." In other words, teach what has nourished you. Don't just learn it and teach…
Created 29 days ago
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Change the way you think
We tend to think "repent" means "change the way you behave," but it really means "change the way you think." Jesus does want us to become more like him, but what he asks us to do first or primarily is…
Created 8 months ago
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I will give this land forever
This is one of the foundational verses for the dispensational view of the Old Testament. If God said he will give Israel the land of Canaan forever, who are we to say that now that promise has changed…
Created 9 months ago
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Let your light shine
Let your light (good deeds) shine before men. This is the opposite of, focus on telling people in the dark that they're bad for being in the dark.
Created 11 months ago
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Satan uses Scripture
Near the beginning of Jonathan Edwards' "Religious Affections," he lists out a number of things that people usually think are proof that an affection is from God (or, that is proof that it's *not* from…
Created over 2 years ago
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By Uriah's.
In a series on unlikely women in Jesus' genealogy, Andy Stanley made a big point about how Bathsheba isn't mentioned by name - she's called "Uriah's wife." The point is that Matthew wasn't trying to skip…
Created over 2 years ago
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Are you experiencing peace with God?
This was a huge question for me last year. I was going through a lot of depression and anxiety. I knew I wanted to experience peace with God, but that I wasn't experiencing it. Finally I realized that,…
Created almost 4 years ago
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Another Reason I Prefer the NASB
The Greek doesn't have "test and approve" (NIV) or "by testing you may discern" (ESV) - it has one word, "prove" (NASB). The word does have both the sense of testing and approving, but the NIV makes it…
Created almost 4 years ago
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Another Reason I Prefer the NASB
The Greek doesn't say "so much immorality" (NIV) or "temptation to sexual immorality" (ESV) or "to avoid fornication" (KJV) - it just says "because of immoralities" (NASB). NKJV gets this one right, too.
Created almost 4 years ago
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"It is not good" is not about feeling lonely
This verse says very little about whether or not singles should feel lonely. First, it is God and not Adam speaking; for all we know, Adam may have thought it was perfectly fine to be alone. Second,…
Created almost 4 years ago
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Did Adam walk with God?
This verse is the source of one of my Bible-interpretation pet peeves :-) Have you ever heard someone say, "God designed us for relationship with himself - after all, Adam walked with God in the garden…
Created almost 4 years ago
