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Don’t Give Up on Physical Bibles

I can’t tell you how much I agree with this post, and not because I am some sort of Luddite! my own Bible HT: Chris Polski Last year, when my son went to college, I gave him one of my most precious earthly belongings—the Bible I used from the time I was in high school…

The Bible Teaches A Literal Six Day Creation

“Hebrew scholars note that the Hebrew word for “day” (yom) universally means a twenty-four hour solar day when preceded by ordinal numbers, as it is in this chapter. Furthermore, it is hard to believe Moses’ original audience would have understood the period of creation as occupying a time span longer than a normal week. Finally,…

This Day in HIS-story: March 22

HT: Dan Graves 1720 John Gill is solemnly ordained as a Baptist pastor in Horsleydown in a lengthy public ceremony which involves much prayer and soul searching. Gill will remain at Horsleydown for 51 years and gain recognition as a great controversialist, sharply critical of Wesley’s theology because it placed the decision to follow Christ…