by Stuart | 30 Sep 2011 | Blog
The Bible is at times a thrilling book, filled with suspense and intrigue. There are portions that contain stories we love to read over and over and tell to our kids. And then there are those other sections—the ones comprising genealogies and censuses. The story of...
by Stuart | 20 Sep 2011 | Blog
The Bible is filled with turning points in the history of God’s plan of redemption. One of those turning points is the call of Abram (Abraham) from Ur. According to Joshua 24:1–2, Abraham was an idolater in Ur when God graciously called him. God’s call took the form...
by Stuart | 28 Jun 2011 | Blog
In a 2003 speech entitled “Environmentalism as Religion,” the late author Michael Crichton—no friend of biblical Christianity—labelled environmentalism “one of the most powerful religions in the Western World” and “the religion of choice for urban atheists.” It may...
by Stuart | 22 Jun 2011 | Blog
Part of my responsibility in recent times at work has been to prepare weekly handouts for our Family Bible Hour (FBH) ministry at church. FBH is essentially our adult Sunday school. Every class studies the same portion of Scripture the same week, which is helpful for...
by Stuart | 31 May 2011 | Blog
If you were unfamiliar with the name Harold Camping just a few months ago, you are probably quite familiar with it today. Camping is a retired civil engineer and self-taught Bible scholar. He is most famous for his dual failed predictions of the timing of the rapture...
by Stuart | 19 May 2011 | Blog
In Surprised by the Power of the Spirit, former Dallas Seminary professor Jack Deere poses an interesting hypothetical situation: “If you were to lock a brand-new Christian in a room with a Bible and tell him to study what the Scriptures have to say about healing and...
