To many, the Trinity is especially hard to understand in the Old Testament, particularly when we look at the Shema, which says “our God is One.” How can that key belief support the idea of the Trinity? [Read more…]
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The One Substance of the Trinity, Understanding the Trinity, part Two
In the first lesson, on the Trinity, we looked at how the members of the Trinity, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are uncreated, co-equal, and eternal persons. In this lesson we look at what makes them ONE God and that is their attributes or substance. [Read more…]
The Three Persons of the Trinity, Understanding the Trinity, Part One
In contrast to views the widely held, but totally incorrect view that the Trinity is “like ice, water, and steam” which is, in reality, the ancient heresy of Modalism that has God morphing into various forms as God the Father in the Old Testament becoming God the Son in the New Testament, and becoming God the Holy Spirit today, this lesson will demonstrate how the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are uncreated, co-equal, and eternal persons. [Read more…]
The Incredible Implications of God’s View of Time
Though it sounds complex, the topic of this lesson has important and practical implications for how you live day-to-day.
Let me explain—as this lesson shows, God’s view of time, seeing and knowing all that is past, present, and future is what enables us to understand prophecy and trust that what He promised in the past He will fulfill in the future just as He made promises in the past in the Old Testament that He fulfilled in the New Testament. [Read more…]
Christian salvation, a podcast, video, and infographic with verses to explain it
What does it mean to be a Christian? What is Christian salvation all about?
This infographic and the verses included with it explain the meaning of what Christian salvation is all about. [Read more…]
Infographic–God’s view of Time, essential to our understanding of prophecy and much of the Bible
God is the ultimate author of the Bible, though He inspired human writers to put His message into the form we have it. Because of that, and because it is written from His viewpoint, how He talks about time can sometimes be confusing to us because He is outside of time and sees the past, present, and future simultaneously.
I created this infographic and the short video that goes with it, to help you visualize it (though admittedly, we may never fully understand it).
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Click on the chart to download the pdf.
Why understanding God’s view of time is useful as we read through the Bible
It is important however to attempt to understand it or at least accept it for the prophecy in the Bible to make sense. If God is outside of time it is not hard to imagine that He can speak confidently about future events. He can then inspire the writers of scripture to write about them accurately hundreds, sometimes thousands of years before they happen.
If you don’t understand God’s view of time and accept the reality that He is outside of it and can speak in this way, then you are forced into the anti-supernaturalist explanation that all of prophecy was written after the fact.
When looked at objectively, this view becomes tortured and ultimately rather goofy. Instead of accepting that various prophets, with clear time stamps of their writing and thousands of years of tradition, spoke when the Bible said they did, and that they could correctly foretell the future because the God outside of time spoke through them, those who don’t believe that lump all the prophets into some vague, anonymous group who somehow wrote all these books sometime, somewhere (with no historical verification of any of this) after the Babylonian captivity.
They are still left with over 300 prophecies about Jesus that he specifically fulfilled. [Read more…]
Tetelestai, If the battle is finished, why is life so hard?
“Tetelestai!” was the final cry of Jesus from the cross and it means, “it is finished.”
It is an extraordinary cry of victory and hope. [Read more…]
How to Correctly Understand & Apply Bible Stories & Biblical Narratives
What is the purpose of the stories in the Bible? If someone does something that seems a bit odd like Gideon setting out a fleece to determine God’s will or the Children of Israel walking around the walls of Jericho to conquer it. [Read more…]
Two illustrations of the Trinity for you to freely download
Under
standing the Trinity is a challenge for everyone, but I hope these illustrations and the videos that go with them help explain them. You can click on the images to download a PDF of the illustration and you have permission to make as many copies as you want. [Read more…]
Understanding the Trinity, It’s not as difficult as you might think!
Many people believe that the idea of the Trinity is one of the most difficult to understand in the Christian faith.
I very much disagree—and I’ll share the details of why in this lesson. [Read more…]
Don’t Bail out! How to understand the Old Testament Laws using Historical Context and Typology
When most people get into the parts of the Bible were about to read now—especially in Leviticus and Numbers, with all the odd and obscure laws and regulations, they bail out.
And why shouldn’t they? [Read more…]
Not Safe but Good, a free eBook to encourage you to read through the Bible in Chronological Order
This eBook is the printed version of 3 earlier podcasts on why to read your Bible in Chronological order. To save you time, I condensed the material into this one book and into a shorter podcast and video.
The podcast and video here will give you an EASY way to read through your Bible in Chronological order and encourage you as to WHY you should do it. There is a copy of the notes below the video.
Click on the link or the image of the book to download the book: Not Safe but Good by Yvon Prehn [Read more…]