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GENERAL 

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

EXPLAINING THE INTERTESTAMENTAL PERIOD

BIBLE HISTORY

BIBLE INTERPRETATION

TALES OF TRIALS, FAILURES AND ENTRAILS IN THE BIBLE

YOU ARE MARK 17!

DEVELOPING A PASSION FOR GOD (PSALM 42) 

DISTANCE AND DENIAL 

JUST WORDS

THE AGE OF THE EARTH

GENERAL

Things You Didn’t Know about the OT (March 2016)

More Things You Didn’t Know about the OT  (June 2016) 

Revolutionizing Your Bible Reading (February 2018)

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

The Grandeur of Christ, 2 Peter 1:16 (March 2011) 

Never Say, “I Can’t!,” 2 Peter 1:3 (August 2011)

The Power of Counterintuitive Love, Matthew 5:45 (November 2011)

To Work or Not to Work, Ephesians 2:9 (June/ July 2012)

Condition and Blessing, Joel 2:14 (August 2012)

A Demonstration of Grace, Ephesians 2:7 (February 2013) 

The Believer’s Future Inheritance, 1 Peter 1:4 (May 2013)

Myths and Human Commands, Titus 1:14 (August 2013)

Sealed By The Spirit, Ephesians 1:13 (November 2013)

Fight for the Faith, Jude 1:3 (January 2014)

Creep in the Congregation, Jude 1:4 (February 2014) 

Evil at the Gates, Micah 1:9 (April 2014)

The Grace of Judgment, Malachi 1:3 (May 2014) 

The Choice of Your Life, Deuteronomy 30:15, Part 1 (July 2014)

The Choice of Your Life, Deuteronomy 30:15, Part 2 (July 2014)

Counter-intuitive Generosity, Malachi 3:11 (August 2015)

Proclamations of True Peace (December 2016)

EXPLAINING THE INTERTESTAMENTAL PERIOD

Part 1, A Brief History (January 2011)

Part 2, The Origin of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes (February 2011)

Part 3, The Septuagint (April 2011) 

Part 4, The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha (June 2011)

Part 5, Philo and Josephus (August 2011)

Part 6, The Dead Sea Scrolls (September 2011) 

BIBLE HISTORY

A Non-Complimentary Tribute on the KJV’s 400 Year Anniversary (November 2011)

The Truths and Myths of the Magi (December 2011)

They Needed Angels at Christmas (December 2017)

Being A Saintly Man In Scandalous Times (December 2020)

BIBLE INTERPRETATION

Theology over Chronology in Scripture (March 2011)

What does it mean that Christ died for you? 1 Corinthians 15:3 (April 2011)

Christianity is Orthodoxy and Orthopraxy (June 2011)

TALES OF TRIALS, FAILURES AND ENTRAILS IN THE BIBLE

The Piercing Initiative of Ehud (February 2011)The End of Jehoram (May 2011)

A Real Cut-Up, Part 1 – Context and Beginning (March 2019)

A Real Cut-Up, Part 2 – Ending and Implications (March 2019)

YOU ARE MARK 17!

Part 1: Stating the Issue and External Evidence (January 2012)

Part 2: Internal Evidence for a 16:8 Ending (February 2012)

Part 3: More Internal Evidence for a 16:8 Ending (March 2019) 

Part 4: The Reversal of the “Messianic Secret” (April 2012) 

Part 5: The “Fear Factor” (May 2012) 

DEVELOPING A PASSION FOR GOD (PSALM 42)

A Poem For Contemplation (The Superscription) (September 2013)

Thirsting for God (Psalm 42:1) (November 2013)

Appearing Before the Living God (Psalm 42:2) (January 2014)

The Benefit of Tears (Psalm 42:3) (April 2014)

The Joy of the Throng (Psalm 42:4) (September 2014)

Defying Downcast (Psalm 42:5) (March 2015)

A Soul Check (Psalm 42:6) (August 2015)

DISTANCE AND DENIAL

        Putting Christ Above Crisis (November 2014)

        The Importance of Proximity (November 2014)

        That First Dangerous Step (December 2014)

        Two More Stumbles (January 2015) 

        Consequences and Fallout (March 2015)

        Restoration (April 2016)

JUST WORDS

What is God’s “Foreknowledge”? (April 2015)

THE AGE OF THE EARTH

        A Young Earth and the God of a Lesser Deception, Part 1 (February 2018)

        A Young Earth and the God of a Lesser Deception, Part 2 (February 2018)

        Preliminary Considerations (June 2018)

        Two Views and Biblical Interpretation (June 2018)

        Arguments For a Young Earth, Part 1 (July 2018) 

        Is Genesis 1-3 Poetry or History? (September 2018)

        Water Into Wine, or, Making Age When You’re Out of Time (January 2020)

        Science, God and Deceit (May 2020)

        Why Genesis 1 and Psalm 90:4 Are Bad Bedfellows (September 2020)