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Some Important Things to Know

About the Old Testament (OT) Many people get caught up when trying to read through the Old Testament. While some of us just go plain batty while reading books like Leviticus (a book of instructions) or Numbers (the results of a census with some narrative). Others get completely screwed up because they lack some background [...]

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Who is Enoch?

There are fewer people mentioned in the Bible with more mystery  than Enoch. Some of you may even be asking now, “who is Enoch?” First, we must know there is more than one Enoch in the Bible. One guy named Enoch was Cain’s son who had a city named after him in Genesis. The Enoch [...]

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A Beginners Guide to Reading Genesis

Its the first book of the Bible. If you grew up in the church, you know the stories it contains; creation, Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham to Joseph, and even some of the odd ones in between (see Genesis 34:24-25 for more). Familiarity can breed contempt and complacency. One of the hard things to do [...]

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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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