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Reading a Banned Book

Reading a Banned Book Tyndale’s comfort to persecuted Bible readers Let it not make thee despair, neither yet discourage thee, O reader, that it is forbidden thee in pain of life and goods, or that it is made breaking of the king’s peace, or treason unto his highness, to read the Word of thy soul’s […]

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The Crown of English Bibles

The Crown of English Bibles The King James Version was the culmination of 200 turbulent years of Bible translation. by Tony Lane Without the King James Version of the Bible, one writer speculated, “There would be no Paradise Lost … no Pilgrim’s Progress … no Negro spirituals, no Address at Gettysburg.” Another imagined what would […]

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Interview – From the Apostles to You

The Christian History Interview—From the Apostles to You After 2,000 years of transmission and translation, does the Bible still accurately convey the meaning of the original authors? Interview with Bruce Metzger We have about 5,000 Greek manuscripts that contain at least a portion of the New Testament, but in many places, they do not agree […]

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Timeline – How We God Our Bible

The Christian History Timeline—How We Got Our Bible by Philip W. Comfort   EARLY DEVELOPMENT   c.1400–400 b.c.   Books of the Hebrew Old Testament written   c. 250–200 b.c.   The Septuagint, a popular Greek translation of the Old Testament, produced   a.d.45–85?   Books of the Greek New Testament written   90 and […]

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John Wycliffe – First English Bible

The Fiery Man behind the First English Bible by Stephen Miller John Wycliffe left quite an impression on the church: 43 years after his death, officials dug up his body, burned his remains, and threw the ashes into a river! It was an unlikely end for a tiny man who had been born in the […]

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7 – Looking Back – (Covenants in review)

CHAPTER 7 ————————v———————— LOOKING BACK: The Covenants in Review •     Covenants help us know God better •     Covenants give shape to the OT •     Covenants help us interpret the OT •     Covenants enrich appreciation of Jesus •     Covenants help us understand many Bible promises   When we began our look at the biblical covenants, I suggested several reasons why understanding […]

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6 – The Best Is Yet To Come

CHAPTER 6 ————————v———————— THE BEST YET TO COME: The Promise of a New Covenant Jeremiah 31–33; Hebrews 8–10 •     Jeremiah’s role in history •     Features of the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31) •     Jesus and the New Covenant •     What’s “New” about the Covenant? (Hebrews 8–9) •     Has the best come yet? (Acts 3:19–21) •     Salvation and the New Covenant (Romans 11:25–27) •     Claiming New Covenant blessings (Hebrews […]

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5 – Promise of a Coming King

CHAPTER 5 ————————v———————— PROMISE OF A COMING KING: The Davidic Covenant 2 Samuel 7; 1Chronicles 17 •     What God promised King David (2 Samuel 7:16) •     Promises God has kept •     Prophecies of the coming King (Isaiah 9) •     Isaiah’s vision of the coming King (Isaiah 11) •     The King and God’s promises to Abraham (Ezekiel 37:22–37) •     Is Jesus the promised King? (Matthew 1:1)   […]

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4 – A Law To Live By

CHAPTER 4 ————————v———————— A LAW TO LIVE BY: The Mosaic Covenant Exodus 19–24; Deuteronomy •     More than Ten Commandments •     God’s choice of consequences (Deuteronomy 28:1–68) •     Law never a way of salvation •     OT believers and the Law •     Did Jesus change the Law? •     Are Christians obligated to keep OT Law? •     Summing up the Mosaic Covenant   Every family needs […]

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3 – CommitmentToAManOfFaith

CHAPTER 3 ————————v———————— COMMITMENT TO A MAN OF FAITH: The Covenant with Abraham Genesis 12; 15; 17 •     A man without merit (Genesis 12) •     A man with faith (Genesis 15:6; Romans 4) •     Seven promises to Abraham (Genesis 12:2–3, 7) •     Abraham “believed God” (Genesis 12:6) •     God makes it “legal” (Genesis 15:8–21) •     Has God kept His promises? (Genesis 24:1) •     Circumcision: sign of the covenant (Genesis […]

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