Archive for the ‘Bible Study’ Category
A Rant About Worship Songs
Posted by MK | Filed under Bible Study
This was pretty convicting to me, especially since I have the tendency in me to be a church snob.
From Jeremy Pierce:
Here are some of the things I really hate in a worship song.
1. Too simplistic, banal, lacking in depth, shallow, doctrineless: Consider that one that just talks about unity among brothers that only mentions God in passing at [...]
A Case Study in Abiding
Posted by MK | Filed under Bible Study
Jesus was a relatively new figure on the religious landscape. There were rumors surrounding Him – His birth, His teaching, His power – but by far, the big draw was still John the Baptist. John, with his wild beard and locust-popping habits. John, the fearless who called the Pharisees to task. John, the eccentric.
But John [...]
Virtual Models of the Temple
Posted by MK | Filed under Bible Study, Videos
These videos were fascinating to me. I can’t get over the immensity of the structure.
What follows are virtual models showing what the Temple Mount and Herod’s Temple would have looked like in the time of Jesus. The models were constructed by UCLA’s Urban Simulation Team in a collaboration with the Israel Antiquities Authority.
(HT: JT)
God Doesn’t “Blot”
Posted by MK | Filed under Bible Study
This past week in our Sunday School class, I taught through the chapter in Holy Vocabulary regarding eternity, and we entered a discussion of heaven. During that time, we read one of the classic “heaven” passages from Revelation 21. John’s mind was blown as he recorded this stage of his vision:
Then I saw a new [...]
The Confusion of Sheep
Posted by MK | Filed under Bible Study
In Matthew 25, Jesus told a story about the judgment of the world. In His story, all people are divided into two groups – sheep, and goats. To the sheep, Jesus says that He will commend them for their lives, saying:
“Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from [...]
Jesus Isn’t Afraid of That Smell
Posted by MK | Filed under Bible Study
Lazarus had been in the grave for 4 days. That’s pretty significant; a detail that was put there purposely by John.
Jewish folklore was that the soul would hover above the body for up to 4 days after death, looking for signs of life and a chance to return. But after four days of death, there [...]
When the Rock Sunk Slowly
Posted by MK | Filed under Bible Study
Great meditation from Desiring God this morning:
One night a rock sunk slowly. And when he did, Jesus had some profound things to teach us.1
* * *
The day had been another mind-blower for the disciples. As they rowed [...]
The Robe Won’t Tear
Posted by MK | Filed under Bible Study
I wonder if it struck Saul at that moment, as he found himself sitting in the dirt, exasperated look on his face, holding the hem of Samuel’s torn robe in his clutched fist:
“Has it really come to this?”
And it had. Time after time, Saul had chosen disobedience. Sure, sometimes he’d gone halfway toward doing what [...]
The Wine Jesus Drank
Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Bible Study
Great post that adds insight to the cross from Desiring God:
Twice Jesus was offered wine while on the cross. He refused the first, but took the second. Why so?
The first time came in verse 23, “they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.” William Lane explains,
According to an old tradition, [...]
Christ Became a Curse
Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Bible Study
In Galatians 3:13, Paul announced that “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, because it is written: Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
In this, he quoted Deuteronomy 21:23 which clearly states that anyone who dies on a tree is cursed by God. We [...]