The Importance of Context in Understanding Bible Language

  What Does the Context Include? It is important to understand what is meant by “context” when using it to interpret a passage of Scripture. The context of a passage includes all of the following things: 1. The verses immediately before and after the passage. 2. The paragraph and book in which the passage appears. […]

Understanding the Language of the Bible

  Gaps Between Us and the Biblical Writers Our goal in Bible interpretation is to come as close as possible to the intended meaning of the biblical author, but we must realize that there are several “gaps” between us and the original writers. 1. Time Gap: there is a time gap of hundreds or thousands […]

The Evidence Of a Strong Spiritual Life Part1

Advice to a Young Disciple – 2 Timothy 2:1-4 I. INTRODUCTION A. The Situation Then Timothy was the Apostle Paul’s son in the faith and a leader in the church at Ephesus. Paul founded that church (Acts 19) but by the time he wrote his second epistle to Timothy the church and its leaders were […]

The New Inquisition Islam and Christainty

  [ Portions were taken from the April 1999 TBC article, "Islam and the Gospel." ] It was the year 1569, at the height of Catholicism’s Spanish Inquisition in Holland. Dirk Willems, a humble and pious follower of Jesus Christ, lay in prison awaiting a fiery death at the stake. His crime? Having been rebaptized […]

Does It Matter Which Bible Version I Use?

Does It Matter Which Bible Version I Use? History of Bible production Preface for all posts from RaymondTheBrave click here. The production and distribution of bibles are issues that have engaged the attention of Christian leaders for centuries. In an extant letter, dated 331, Emperor Constantine requested Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea, to provide him with fifty copies of the Old and New Testaments for […]