Website Favorites - Part One: LEARN THE BIBLE (LTB)
www.learnthebible.orgGeneral
Some internet sites have a lot of information, not very well organized. Some sites have great organization, but are lacking in useful information. Perhaps the site looks great because of the excellent web-page design, but content leaves much to be desired. Stil yet, there are web sites that are designed to be well pleasing to the eye and have marvelous content, containing great articles, perhaps some multimedia to download.
Learn The Bibleis one such web sight that is very well set up. Of course, I say this because it does not contain a lot of flashy foolishness (or a lot of FLASH content, if any). As one who uses a dial up internet connection, a lot of bells and whistles and auto-playing MIDI and Quicktime files tend to really slow my computer down. However, the main page of this site shows you the main categories that you can choose from: Creation Science, Baptist Origins, Cults. There is a menu bar at the top. I won't go over all the details of the site, but will just touch on a couple of my favorite features.
Feature Favorites
Subscribe To Email Newsletter
First, the email newsletter comes on a weekly basis, sometimes less often. This means that it is not flooding your inbox on a daily basis. This is good if you have a fairly busy life but want to get a little extra Bible study time in. The key features of the email newsletter is that it covers a certain portion of scripture. Fill-in-the-blank statements are given that help you to lookat the scripture and evaluate what it says. This section is followed by another that looks at the scripture, and the fill-in-the-blank statements to discover the meaning of the passage. For
For further study, there are generally links given in the various sections that are related to other articles on Learn The Bible .
The very last section of the email is the complete King James Version (KJV) of the passage for pondering. I suppose that it is there in case you do not have immediate access to a Bible, whether physical or virtual. Whatever the reason href="www.learnthebible.org">Learn The Bible puts it there, it is useful for a couple of reasons.
- Print it out and put in your own notes and markings.
- Copy and paste the passage (or any part of the email) into a word processor for further editing by highlighting, underlining, making your own comments, etc.
Questions and Answers
This is a very interesting section as Pastor Regan and a few others answer Bible related questions. They clear up a few misconceptions, explain things that are difficult to understand, and cover the gamut of all kinds of other questions that may not be about Bble content, but in relation to just Bible topics in general. If that doesn't make sense, try looking at the following link. Its not really about a regular KJV content question, but one of the many study Bibles available.
LTB: Dake Study Bible Question and Answer
Outlines With Sermon Audio
This area of LTB contains some audio sermons in the MP3 format. One cool creature feature here is that not only do you have the option of listening online, but you can choose to download the MP3 for later listening. Now this is a real blessing for those of us on pokey-slow dial up. Not only that, but a triple cool creature feature is that most of the sermons come with an outline for printing or saving. Cool, huh?
The End, for now.
James Kennedy Made A Mistake
On the May 24, 25 2006 Truths That Transform radio show, the guest made a few verbal blunders that bother me. I don't know who the guest was, where he was from, because I'm usually trying to listen while I work. Therefore, my attention is more on my job than the radio. However, the man did say some things that caused my ears to ring like an out-of-tune piano.
His agenda was in preaching that the armed forces today are young Mall-Rat-recently-became-Christian men and women are very CHRISTIAN-like in the behaviour while in the Army (or whatever force they are in).
Here are the things he said that bothered me:
The NIV Bible
He read out of the NIV, calling it the
New Inspired Version. I call it the
New International Perversion because it is a perversion of the WORD OF GOD. There is a myriad of problems with the NIV. One is that it removes entire verses of scripture. Matthew 18.11 is a key verse of scripture. It describes the mission of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. It is missing from the NIV.
No! There is nothing inspired about the NIV bible, nor any of its siblings (NKJV, NCV, RSV, NASB, etc.).
Filthy Language
He mentioned the filthy language of these men as they prayed. In speaking with one soldier, the soldier said that all he wanted to do was find "his *&^#% place in the *&^#% will of GOD!" He made a comment that their "faith is raw." Another comment, (I paraphrase here a little) was that
we can make them proper Christians after they return home. I have one answer for that kind of sentiment. Even a lost sinner knows that GOD is holy and filthy language has no place in the life of a CHRISTian.
(1 Peter 1:15) But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
Would be a very good idea for these young Christians to read about Gen. G. Washington's statements regarding his army and the language he allowed them to use. He gave careful and extensive instructions on the verbal behaviour of the men in the revolutionary army. If I can find an excerpt of this document/speech, I'll add it to this post.
Is JESUS God?
Is JESUS GOD?
John 10: text verse is 33
25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.
26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
30 I and my Father are one.
31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
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John 14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
John 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou [then], Shew us the Father?
John 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
John 14:11 Believe me that I [am] in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
John 14:12 ¶ Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater [works] than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
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Galatians 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Genesis 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
John 12:44 ¶ Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
John 12:45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
Speaking of JESUS, Apostle Paul writes:
Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, [even] the forgiveness of sins:
Colossians 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
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GOD had promised a Saviour to the OT saints. That Saviour had to come bodily
in order 2 b the Lamb of GOD, sacrificed and wounded for our
transgressions/sins.
1 John 2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
1 John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the
Son.
1 John 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father
also].
1 John 2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
1 John 2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, [even] eternal
life.
It took JESUS, and HIM only, to die for our sins, & resurrect on the 3rd
day. Contrary to the teaching of the cults and any other false religion, there
are not many christ's, but only one CHRIST: the LORD JESUS CHRIST. HE is
GOD HIMSELF "manifest" in the flesh." Noone else has died for our
sins, other religious leaders have died but they are still dead.
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This is my favorite one, yet. Compare these 3 verses!
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
1 John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.
1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
It is no accident these 3 verses are connected by more than the 3 reference
#s of "3:16"
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Jude 1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness and denying the
only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
The underlined portion of above is not referencing two god's, but One GOD.
Note the little word and. It is not a statement of person 1
and person 2. It is an EQUALITY. The only LORD GOD equals our LORD JESUS CHRIST.
See John 10.33.
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The GOOD SHEPHERD
Compare Psa 23.1 & John 10, where JESUS refers 2 HIMSELF as the Good
Shepherd.
Psalms 23:1 ¶ <<A Psalm of David.>> The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want.
John 10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my [sheep], and am known of mine.
John 10:15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, [and] one shepherd.
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Psalms 62:2 He only is my rock and
my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
If GOD alone is our rock and salvation
and defence, why do the following verses speak of JESUS in the same way?.....
John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only
true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
1 Timothy 6:15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and
only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
1 Timothy 6:16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no
man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and
power everlasting. Amen.
Revelation 15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for
thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy
judgments are made manifest.
...because, HE is GOD! GOD the SON.
Remember, there is only One GOD:
Deuteronomy 6:4 ¶ Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God [is] one LORD:
Deuteronomy 4:35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the
LORD he [is] God; [there is] none else beside him.
Isaiah 30:15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In
returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be
your strength: and ye would not.
Isaiah 43:3 For I [am] the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy
Saviour: I gave Egypt [for] thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Isaiah 48:17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel;
I [am] the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the
way [that] thou shouldest go.
Isaiah 54:5 For thy Maker [is] thine husband; the LORD of hosts [is] his name;
and thy Redeemer the Holy
One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Isaiah 55:5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation [that] thou knowest not, and
nations [that] knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God,
and for the Holy
One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
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Judgment Day
Romans 14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for
we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Romans 14:11 For it is written, [As] I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
Romans 14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
v10. We shall stand b4 the judgment seat of CHRIST. v12. We shall give
account of ourselves to GOD. Translation? JESUS is GOD.
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The Worship of GOD.
If GOD is one GOD, then what would have happened if JESUS was not
God, yet accepted the worship of others? 1st, God the Father would not have
said, "This is my beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased." Then,
things would have gotten worse for HIM and HIS worshippers from there.
Yet, we find that JESUS is worshipped throughout the NT and into all
eternity! This worship occurs because the LORD my GOD is ONE GOD.
Matthew 9:18 ¶ While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
Matthew 9:19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and [so did] his disciples.
This & other verses, JESUS did not stop folk from worshipping HIM.
Some more:
John 9:35 ¶ Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
John 9:36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
John 9:37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
John 9:38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
Quotes I've heard from Radio shows recently
050106.
dobson
davinci code: someone on the show made the following statement (in my own words): modern churches do not have THEOLOGY in their hymns that the old hymnbooks do. That contributes to the ez belief of the "code"
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050206
mcgee
curse from noah's lips was not upon ham, but upon ham's son, canaan, which was also the promised land to the Jews. From ham came the 1st 2 great, recorded civilizations were from ham: egypt and babylon.
kennedy
CHRISTianity is not based on the teachings of JESUS; it is based on the person of JESUS: His sinless perfection, atoning death, burial and resurrection.
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050306
jvm
africans (ethiopians and egyptians) came from cush
nimrod the mighty hunter: not a reference to him being a game hunter, but a hunter of men's souls.
Kennedy
davinci code could b referred 2, not as historical fiction, but as hysterical fixion.
gnosticism: dualistic philosophy: matter is evil, spirit is good; salvation by what you know, not who (JESUS) u know. denies creation theology, and became an early version of the modern day self-help programs. "always try 2 learn more and increase in knowledge" it is a religion based on the elite; only those who are smart enuff to see the light and understand the secrets & the mystery of religion. teaching that there is a divine spark within all of us, not moving in after we R saved.
America(ns) has truth decay.
Definition -->hypocrism: false religion, falsely practiced.
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050406.
swindoll
WOG never refers to leprosy as being
healed, but always as
cleansed. That refers back 2 our sin, of which we are cleansed by JESUS' blood.
rogers:
"u will either defy the beast or deify the beast!"
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050906
jvm
the elements that melchizadek bro't to the meeting of kings in gen, are the same as that as of the LORD's Supper. it represents the memorial of JESUS death and suffering and as a remembrance to HIM, and thats what Melch. is doing.
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