You See Dry Bones

Abstract Learning

Reports are fine, but how do you really know what you learned? I had the world’s best history teacher in High School (well, my sister did not think so, but I thought he was nothing short of awesome).  He was exuberant and engaging. One of his trademarks was to repeat the same sayings over and [...]

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The Author of the Pentateuch

Moses? Adam? Issac? Aliens? Tradition has long held that Moses wrote the first five books of the Old Testament (The Pentateuch). It is easy to understand why, Moses mentions himself in the writings in first person. The books themselves make reference to Moses writing them (Exodus 17:14, 24:4, Numbers 33:2, among other references) under the influence of [...]

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Free Stuff for the week of 3/29

Here are some great resources to aide your study this week Every week I hope to make a list of free stuff to help aide in your Bible study.  If you have anything you would like to see added to the list, feel free to leave it in the comments below. (to make links active, [...]

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PROJECT: Document OT Prophecies

How many prophecies in the Old Testament point to Jesus? The Old Testament is said to contain between 300-500 prophecies relating specifically to the coming of Jesus. What we would like to do is document those prophecies and make them easy to read and access. We will start by collecting the information on our Message [...]

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Classes Begin April 5th!

Masters Level Studies in the Old Testament Starting Monday, April 5th, we will be starting our Old Testament studies. The classes for the first term are as follows: 1.    Old Testament Hermeneutics 2.    Prolegomena 3.    OT and Ancient Near East Culture & Religion 4.    Religions of Ancient Israel 5.    Apocalyptic Literature While the courses are [...]

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It Was a Big Explosion

Or an “earth-shattering ka-boom.” Ladies and gentlemen, the end is nigh.  To tell you the truth, I started to think the end was coming around Christmas.  This blog will be coming to a close shortly after Holy Week (that’s next week). Sort of. Here is the skinny. I like blogs, and I don’t mind blogging. Writing [...]

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