What Is Revelation All About?
What is the book of Revelation all about? Is it prophecy concerning the end times? Or was it directly relevant to the original audience?
Encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12 NIV)
These posts are related to the doctrine of the Bible. What is the Bible? How did we get it? And what value does it have for us?
What is the book of Revelation all about? Is it prophecy concerning the end times? Or was it directly relevant to the original audience?
There are many translation of the Bible into English. Why do we have so many? Wouldn’t we be better off just to stick to the KJV?
The New Testament gospels are our primary source of information about the life of Jesus. So what is the dating of the gospels?
From the human perspective, the Bible is a diverse collection of literature written over a long period of time. From a divine perspective, it is the authoritative guide to faith and practice.
Bible commentary provides us with the insights of scholars who have invested much time and effort in studying the Scriptures.
There are many different ways that people read and study the Bible. We should seek to read the Bible profitably, allowing it to change us.
What do we mean when we say the Bible is authoritative? Is it just a rule book or set of faith statements. Or does it shape our worldview?
One of the significant aspects of Matthew’s gospel of Jesus is his concern with showing Jesus’ fulfillment of the prophecy made about him.
What is the Sabbath Year and the Year of Jubilee mentioned in the Old Testament? Do they have any relevance for life today? Or only for Old Testament times?
If the Bible is indeed the divinely inspired word of God to us, is the human authorship of the Bible important? Does it matter if Moses wrote the Torah?
So just which version of the Bible is the best? There are many good English translations. But ultimately, the best one is the one you will read.
The Bible is inspired by God and is the supreme authority for the believer in all matters of faith and practice. The Bible is without error in all that it teaches and affirms. However it is essential that it be understood in light of the culture that produced it, otherwise we are in danger of misunderstanding its message.