Lance Brown

Good bible hermeneutics (principles of biblical interpretation) tell us to interpret scripture according to the genre written. Read poetic books like Psalms as poetry. Read history books like 1 Samuel as history. Read allegorical books, like Revelation as an allegorical book.

One of the greatest things a mother does for her children is model how to relate to people. And there are LOTS of different “kinds” of people. Mothers teach their kids to honor people. They do this by teaching kids manners, how to apologize by asking forgiveness, how to be respectful, thankful, etc. As difficult…

No matter how short or long you’ve been a Christian, it’s extremely easy to be naïve about the difficulties of life and the difficulties of growing as a Christian. The greater our naiveté, the greater our discouragement!

How will the world see who Jesus Christ is? Amazingly, the world does get a chance to see “Jesus” when God’s people reflect something of who Jesus is, and relate to one another in ways that make it unmistakable that Jesus Christ is real. The image Paul uses is that of a body.

God has always searched for lost children. The Old Testament central plan was to raise up a nation, Israel, to be a testimony to others of the blessings of God. Often, Israel ignored God and was an example of the power of sin.

Upon Jesus’ death, the disciples hid. Grieving and fearing they were next! Though Jesus told them that He’d be arrested, whipped, killed and rise from the dead, they either forgot those words or thought it was just “spiritual” teaching.