F.F. Bruce writes in the third part of his book, The Canon of Scripture, on the subject of the New Testament canon. It has already been established that what we have today is a closed canon. In other words, there are no new books of the Bible to be written or discovered. We have…
I personally and deeply love times of celebration. I enjoy special days that we set aside to rejoice. Easter is one of those special occasions. Sometimes I am asked questions such as: Is it okay to have an Easter egg hunt or to give gifts and have an Easter bunny at Easter? My response to…
There have been many sermons preached on the cross. However, we can never hear too much of the story of Jesus. I love the words to the hymn: “tell me the story of Jesus, write on my heart every word, tell me the story most precious, sweetest that ever was heard.” The cross is…
The second section of the book the canon of scripture by F.F. Bruce deals with the canon of the Old Testament. The author examines how the Old Testament became more clearly understood through the fulfillment of Jesus. The ancient books of the Old Testament became new and meaningful to early Christians due to the…
In the account of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead, we find some very valuable lessons on salvation and our new life in Christ. Lazarus was dead. In verse 14 of John 11 we read: “The Jesus said to them plainly, Lazarus is dead.” Here we learn that the unsaved person is not…
John’s gospel records the account of Jesus healing the man who was born blind. This miraculous act of Jesus was questioned by the religious establishment of His day. Through this event we are taught some very valuable truths. The Dilemma of the Blind Man. In verse one we find a man who was…
In order to understand Biblical languages, one must understand how words are put together. Each word has small meaningful parts that make up the word. These parts are called morphemes. The study of how words are structured is called morphology. Morphology is used to see the pattern of Greek and Hebrew words. There are…
Life is full of ups and downs and twists and turns. Life has a way of bringing us great joy but also great sadness and fear. As we study scripture and experience life, we find that Christians are not exempt from the trials of life. As a matter of fact, life can sometimes be…
Chapter two of How Biblical Languages Work deals with the reading and writing of Hebrew and Greek. Emphasis is also given on the pronunciation of the languages. The author points out that the written form of language cannot always convey the full meaning of the original oral communication. This is why understand how to…
Peter James Silzer and Thomas John Finely provide a wonderful guide on learning Hebrew and Greek. In chapter one we are given five key characteristics of language. These key characteristics help us to grasp a greater understanding of our need to learn the Biblical languages. The first characteristic of language is systems. Every…
