“Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to him to hear him” (Luke 15:1). The most depraved and despised classes of society formed an inner ring of hearers around our Lord.
Despised Ones Seeking Jesus
CHRISTIANS Do Not Try to Save Yourself
Herein is some serious straight talk for the soul. Do not personalize the words in a condemnatory way but rather take them in as loving guidance.
The Byzantine Civilization in the 12th Century
This article is meant to add context to the Byzantine text that was starting to be standardized in the 12th-century C.E. [Byzantine Kr/family 35 Text-Form] During the 12th century, the civilization of the Byzantine Empire experienced a period of intense change and development. This has led some historians to refer to a 12th-century 'Renaissance' in Byzantine cultural and intellectual achievement.
THE FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY – (GENTI)
The Greek-English New Testament Interlinear (GENTI), Produced by Christian Publishing House, Cambridge, Ohio
Many Questions About Suffering Answered
Scripture asserts suffering is inevitable in a fallen world. Indeed, Christians may suffer more than do unbelievers. Why? Confronted with suffering, biblical individuals raise important questions.
PAPYRUS 9 (P9) P. Oxy. 402 Early Greek Manuscript of 1 John 4:11-12, 14-17
Papyrus (P9) was discovered by Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt. Click footnotes because that adds meaty details in helping you better understand NT Textual Studies.
Philip W. Comfort (1950–) New Testament Textual Scholar and Professor of Greek and New Testament
Philip Wesley Comfort (born October 28, 1950) is a professor, writer, editor, and expert on the Bible who specializes in textual studies of the Greek New Testament.
Exodus 4:24-26 OTBDC: Whose life was in danger, whose feet were touched when Zipporah cut off her son’s foreskin, and what did she mean by “a bridegroom of blood you are to me”?
THE BIBLE: ERRORS! CONTRADICTIONS! MISTAKES! Critics claim the Bible is filled with errors, mistakes, and contradictions. Some even speak of thousands of mistakes. Exodus 4:24-26 is simply a Bible Difficulty.
The Bible Helps Us to See What the Future Holds
A benefit of Bible study is its prophecies, which will help us to understand where we are in the stream of time, and what is yet to unfold. Notice the conditions that are coming in the text below.
The Bible Helps Us to Share the Good News
Evangelism is the work of a Christian evangelist, of which all true Christians are obligated to partake to some extent, which seeks to persuade other people to become Christian, especially by sharing the basics of the Gospel, but also the deeper message of biblical truths.