Truth For The Heart
Over the past week I’ve given just an introduction to some of the great doctrines regarding the Word of God. I’ve done it to provide some help for you to grow in your understanding of what the Bible is. B. B. Warfield speaks so eloquently on revelation: “…we do not see in revelation man reaching […]
Read MoreIn archery an arrow is carefully fletched with feathers at the end of its shaft. When real feathers are used, they must all be from the same wing of a bird—if you mix feathers from both wings on the same arrow, it won’t fly correctly because feathers from the left wing cause it to spin […]
Read More“You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.” 2 Timothy 3:14-15 R. C. Sproul: […]
Read More“For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. “Now […]
Read More“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 […]
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Kindling for Candles 