This episode is fun because it’s like being in a seminary classroom where no question is off-limits and going back and forth is healthy for gaining greater understanding. The topics in this ep are NOT for Bible trivia, character heroes, or “morals of the story.” This is the ESSENTIAL framework for how we are to read and apply the entire Bible as Christians and live out what it says as we follow King Jesus.
Why Christians meet for church on Sundays instead of a Saturday Sabbath
You may have had a conversation with a Seventh-Day Adventist or just opened up the Old Testament and wondered why Christians today meet for church on Sundays instead of Saturday. Or why Sunday is sometimes called the Sabbath and why Christians don’t observe a Saturday Sabbath, which was commanded in the Old Testament. Are Christians […]
Part 2 Q&A on how we are to understand the laws of the Old Testament
This is part 2 of the old covenant Q&A asked via text messages following my March 1st sermon: (You can read Part 1 here) Q: Why did the Council at Jerusalem (in Acts 15) choose a few commands from the law that Gentile believers had to follow? Do those laws still apply to us & […]
Part 1 Q&A on how we are to understand the laws of the Old Testament
This past Sunday, my sermon was about the old covenant the Israelites made with God in Exodus 19-24. I asked for people to text in questions they had throughout the sermon and I attempted to answer them at the end of the teaching. Due to time restraints, we only got through two questions, so I […]
What to do with Jeremiah 29:11 and the rest of the Old Testament
My post yesterday about how Jeremiah 29:11 is not a promise to us and needs to understood within its original context raised some good questions relating to the Old Testament and how we are to navigate which promises in the Bible are for us, and what to do with the ones that aren’t. I went […]
Correcting Jeremiah 29:11, Does God really have plans to prosper you?
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. You’ll find Jeremiah 29:11 in many places. I once wore it on a bracelet as a teenager. It was on a poster on our […]