Why You Need to Know the Author of a Book of the Bible One of my favorite books to read to my children is When I was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant. In this book a little girl tells about life in the Appalachian mountains. Growing up in the West Virginia mountains I can relate to this sweet little book about fireflies, black dust, and swimming holes. It tells us about life before the modern world invaded the…
Let’s Read the Bible: Matthew Jesus is our King! The theme and heart of the Gospel of Matthew sings this theme throughout its pages. The very first book in our New Testament is Matthew. It is one of the three gospels that share Jesus’ life in a chronological order. Luke and Mark tell about Jesus’ life in similar ways. Matthew, Mark, and Luke include many events and speeches made by Jesus. Matthew focuses on Jesus being the Messiah, the King…
One Step to Take To Get Your Life Back In one phone call our world shifted and our plans changed in an instant. We had envisioned our lives retiring in Honduras. No longer do we have a plan for our life. There was no Plan B for us. We walked away from a predictable future and are walking a road we didn’t want. This is not what we signed up for. We wanted to live in Honduras. We wanted to…
How to Study the Bible Without a Bible Degree Do you need a Bible degree to study the Bible? The answer is: NO There was a day, long ago, I felt I needed a Bible degree to understand the Bible. Every pastor, preacher, and evangelist I had met had a Bible degree. In my mid-twenties I went back to college. In the middle of having babies, taking care of my house, and six years of online classes, I received a…