Truth For The Heart
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (ESV, NKJV) John MacArthur: The Power and Sufficiency of God’s Word “The Scripture’s testimony to its own power […]
Read More“All Scripture is breathed out by God…” 2 Timothy 3:16a (ESV) “…for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.” 2 Peter 1:21 John MacArthur: “…The term inspire is not a Greek term. Inspiro comes from Latin which means to breath in. […]
Read More“The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.” Psalm 19:1 “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for […]
Read More“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord GOD, “When I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, But rather for hearing the words of the LORD. People will stagger from sea to sea And from the north even to the east; They will go to […]
Read More“…and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able
to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching,
for reproof, for correction, and
for training in righteousness,
that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped
for every good work.”
2 Timothy 3:15-17
The intertwined themes of the posts I’ve been writing on the Bible have been—
What is the Bible? and What happens to those who read it? The effect of the Bible occurs because of what the Bible is.
The posts I’ve been writing on the Bible have had two main themes running through them— What is the Bible? and What happens when we read the Bible?
The themes are intertwined: the Bible has its effect on those who read it because of what the Bible is.
Read More“We reaffirm the inerrant Scripture to be the sole source of written divine revelation, which alone can bind the conscience. The Bible alone teaches all that is necessary for our salvation from sin and is the standard by which all Christian behavior must be measured. “We deny that any creed, council or individual may bind […]
Read MoreThe title of this post is from the 1968 Star Trek quote I mentioned in The Era of Six Impossible Things: “Is truth not truth for all?” A Christian answers with a resounding, “Yes!”
When truth is in the realm of the physical universe each of us must answer, “Yes, truth is truth for all.”…
It’s another story, however, when it comes to discussing truth in the moral and metaphysical universe in our postmodern society…
Read MoreSometimes I think I have gone Through the Looking-Glass with Alice, there are so many today who, like Lewis Carroll’s White Queen, are able to believe as many as six impossible things before breakfast. A few can handle more than six! It doesn’t matter if there is no basis for the truth of any of those things nor does it seem to matter if there is contradiction between them.
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Kindling for Candles 