Educate Yourself

The Evolution of Revelation, Introduction

Take any book of Scripture to spark your own evolution from reading the revelation of God.  Simply begin to read it from start to finish, creating your own method of discovery as you proceed.  Perhaps…
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Burning Hearts

There is an interesting section of Luke’s gospel that provokes the reader to enter into what is taking place (24:13-32).  Two travelers are on the road to Emmaus which, according to tradition, is about 7…
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Catena

A catena is a chain of Scriptures strung together as a theme, representing the person, purposes, and/or the promises of God.  When read aloud with dignity, gravity, and meaning, the impact and momentum can be…
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Without Controversy

The way that we know about the person, purposes, and character of God is not through our reasoning but through His self-disclosure.  He has done this expressly and explicitly in the person of Jesus Christ….
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Apokalupsis

“The Bible ends with a flourish: vision and song, doom and deliverance, terror and triumph.  The rush of color and sound, image and energy, leaves us reeling.  But if we persist through the initial confusion…
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The Letters

We now come to a part of the Bible known as the epistles, or the letters.  These writings explain and expound on the truths about the person and the work of Jesus Christ, as presented…
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Irresistible Revolution

The story of Jesus does not end with the Gospels.  It continues in the lives of those who are His disciples.  They are participants.  They are in on the action of God.  Luke, the only…
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“Once Upon a Time” to “Kingdom Come”

In reading the Bible it is important to understand the various genres within the sixty-six books.  In the Old Testament there are the books of law, of history, wisdom literature (also known as poetry), and…
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Apertures to the Eternal

The Old Testament priests were the people’s representatives to God.  The prophets were God’s representatives to the people.  In the Old Testament there are sixteen writing prophets, and their writings are some of the most…
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Poetry and Prayer, Wisdom and Worship

The books of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon are commonly considered the Scriptural books of the poetic genre.  They are also classified as “wisdom” literature.  Lamentations in the Old Testament and…
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