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Generally articles go out on Thursdays of each week -- dates are ordered most recent at the top.

Topics that need development:
  • Faith in Your Faith -- what we can learn from Jihadists
  • The paradox of "He Never Did Believe"
  • God expects us to wear our gloves
  • The ways we sin
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Generally articles go out on Thursdays of each week -- dates are ordered most recent at the top.  If the article is not readily apparent when you link to the page, scroll down; some pages contain multiple articles.

May
28 - God Cannot Lie vs. God Sends a Lie


21 - Free Will or Predestination (Rom. 9)

14 - Saved by Works vs. Not Saved by Works

07 - Apparent Bible Contradictions  

April 2015
30 - Can We Understand the Bible?
23 - Is the Bible Sufficient?
16 - Ways We Sin (and God's responses)

Not Distributed: The Paradox: "He Never Did Believe" at the bottom of the "Once saved Always Saved? page
9   - Jesus, the Master Teacher

2   - Evidence of a Living Faith 

March 2015
26 - All Scientists Agree
 (scroll down once you get to the page)
19 - Seventy Years (Three Score and Ten)
12  - Is "Religion the Root of All Evil?"
5    - What Happens When we Die? -- 2 Articles

February 2015
26 - Eschatology (End Times) - What to Expect
19 - How to Endure Hardship -- From 2 Timothy
12 - Cancer - "And God Cursed the Ground
5 -   Choose You This Day -- God or Evolution


January 2015
29 - Nancy's Text by Kenny Chumbley
22 - We Are Not Saved by Our Works
15 - Saved from the Practice of Sin
8   - Jesus' Intent in John 3:16
1   - Profile of a Wise Man (below)








April 2015
30 - 

23 -  Now maintained on the Recent Articles page
16 - 

9   - Living Faith 
2   - Jesus Quiz 

March 2015
26 - All Scientists 
19 - Seventy Years 
12  - "Religion is the Root of All Evil" (sent and published under Pilgrims tab)
5  -  What Happens When we Die -- 2 Articles (sent -- and published under the Eschatology article)

February 2015
26 - Eschatology (drafted and published -- new page under Pilgrims)
19 - How to Endure Hardship -- From 2 Timothy (sent and published)
12 - Cancer - "And God Cursed the Ground (Sent and published)
5 -   Choose You This Day -- God or Evolution (Sent and published)





January 2015


1 - Profile of a Wise Man (sent and published in recent articles)
8 - Jesus Intent in John 3:16 (sent and published -- slide)
15 - Saved from the Practice of Sin (Sent and published under the John 3:16 article)
22 - We Are Not Saved by Our Works (Sent and published)
29 - Nancy's Text -- Kenny Chumbley (sent and published)

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December 2013
25-Is the Bible Sufficient?  --  SENT


January 2014
2-Once Saved Always Saved?    SENT
9-Generic and Specific Commands  SENT
16-God's Laws Within Relationships --   SENT
23-Determining Biblical Authority -- SENT
30-Consider the Context -- SENT -- under BSMethods



February 2014
6-Biblical Rules for Profitable Bible Study -- SENT -- under BSMethods
13- Sound Doctrine by Bryan -- SENT -- on recent articles page
21- How Living Faith Behaves -- SENT -- recent articles
28 - Example of Conflict Resolution -- SENT -- under Authority page

MARCH 2014
6 - Strictly Enforced -- SENT -- under Authority
13 - How do we recognize a disciple of Jesus?   SENT -- under Recent Articles
20 -  Periods of Bible History -- SENT -- under Teaching Aids
27 - Rightfully Dividing: Old and New Testaments -- SENT --  is under Can We understand the bible

April 2014
3 - Language of Ashdod -- SENT -- is under Causes of Common Errors 
10 - Why Are There Difficult Passages? review it first -- under Can We Understand the Bible? 
17 -   Hasty Generalization Part 1 -- SENT -- edited for distribution -- is in Causes of Common Errors
24 - Insertion of the "Only" Word -- SENT -- is in Causes of Common Errors

May 2014
1 - Why many will not obey?  -- SENT --  is under Cause of Common Errors
8 - Hasty Generalization Part 2 -- SENT
15- Paul Answers Job's Questions -- SENT
 22- Figurative Language #1 -- SENT
29- 
Figurative Language #2 -- SENT

June 2014
5-  "X is Y" Metaphors    SENT
12 - Gal. 1 -- "Let Him be Anathema" -- SENT
19 - Gal. 2 "Crucified with Christ -- SENT
26 - Gal 3:19-29 -- SENT

July 2014
3   - Gal 4 SENT -- All Gal articles are excerpts from the commentary
10 - Gal. 5 Ditto
17 - Gal. 6 Ditto
24 - Economic Immorality -- SENT and used to update the site
31 - Individual Responsibility -- SENT and used to update the site

August 2014
7 - "Give us a King" -- SENT and used to update the site
14 - Does Doctrine Matter?   S&YtUtS                                  
21 - Back to the Beginning  S&YtUtS                            
28 - 187 Years Ago (Not Published -- skipped a week -- Hawaii)


September
4 - The Work of the Church --  S&UTUS
11 -- Individual Responsibility  SENT and UPDATED
18 - So, to which church SENT and UPDATE 
25 - Your part #1   SENT and UPDATED

October
2 - Your part #2   SENT and UPDATED
9 - Your part #3    SENT and UPDATED
16 - Your part #4    SENT and UPDATED
23 -  187 Years Ago     Sent and updated
30 - Covetousness      Sent and updated

November
6 - Blaming the Rich -- sent and updated
13 - Lazarus and the Rich - sent and updated
20 - Instructions to Rich Christians - sent and updated
27 - Biblical Principle of Simplicity (sent and updated)

December 2014
4 - Hopelessly Lost   (sent and updated)
11 - Comfort (sent and published)
18 - Universal and Local Church (sent and published)
25 - Origin of Extremism (sent and published)  -- needs slide



Saved from the Practice of Sin - 2 (draft)
Saved from the Practice of Sin - 3 (draft)
The Answers from 1 Corinthians 2  (not yet drafted)

Isa 40 and Jude 10

References to current and future articles:

Original link: Hasty Generalizations (Part 1) -- now here 

Original link:Hasty Generalizations (Part 2) -- now here

Original link: Language of Ashdod  -- now here

The Not ... But ... Construct  -- under construction

The insertion of the "Only" word -- completed -- needs final review

The Answers from 1 Corinthians 2  (not yet drafted)


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Purpose of conflicts between Christians in NT -- Paul/Barnabas -- Paul/Peter -- article on BT.net

SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Ephesians Commentary
Revelation commentary

Go to the BT.org cross reference page

Articles that can be developed and deployed

Causes of Common Errors Landing Page -- develop page and add articles

FIGURES OF SPEECH Landing Page -- things that could use elaboration
 Not ... But ...,    

defer  Advanced Teaching Topics Landing Page -- will eventually go under the Teaching Aids Landing Page but most of the articles are going under tCauses of Common Errors, so might eliminate 

References:
http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/article_idioms.html  
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Idioms

Finally, it is also important to explain that the word used for “hate” in Malachi 1 is a Hebrew idiom which actually means to “love less.”  Norman Geisler explains: “This is evident from Genesis 29:30: The phrase ‘loved Rachel more than Leah’ is used as the equivalent of ‘Leah was hated’ (cf. also Matt. 10:37).” - See more at: http://www.toughquestionsanswered.org/2009/05/25/does-god-really-hate-esau/#sthash.LkRQ4pok.dpuf

 Now, in English, the phrase Set His Face To Go makes no sense. We think it makes sense but only because we have discovered what it means. This phrase is an obvious example of a Hebrew idiom that found its way into the literal translation. It comes to us from the KJV translators and is over 400 years old. However, it is based on the earlier English translation of William Tyndale which is going on 500 years old. I do not think those people had any clear understanding of Hebrew idioms. Later translations give a clearer understanding in English. The following is from the NASV:

         He was determined to go to Jerusalem… [1] 

         Young’s Literal Translation states, that he fixed his face to go on to Jerusalem.


Quite often Christians will attempt to convince others of the validity of the bible by scientific and historical evidences.  While it is true that (apart from miracles) there are no scientific or historical biblical assertions that contradict valid science or history, this is not convincing evidence for three reasons.  First, it is impossible to agree upon just what constitutes “valid” science and history.  The best of both have their flaws, and so this is a process of comparing the word of God to imperfect writings and thoughts of men.  Second, the bible itself, although quite understandable, is often popularly purported to say things that it just does not say.  When people have a mind to believe such things, argumentation is futile (1 Corinthians 2).

A third problem is that biblical miracles are, by definition, supernatural events.  Miracles must contradict that which is observed by men to be science or they would not be miracles.  So proving them valid by means of science is paradoxical.  Those who have attempted to validate the miracles on a scientific basis end up with the ironic position of disproving that the biblical miracles were supernatural.  It is interesting to me, however, that in their endeavors to do this (trying to prove the Bible true), they never deny the truthfulness of the testimony or that the event actually happened.  They just seem to think that giving a "scientific" explanation to it will some how increase our faith in the Bible; and hence the paradox.  We become faith’s worse enemies when we explain away miracles scientifically.  This is because the testimony of miracles (real supernatural events) is intended by the Holy Spirit to build faith (John 20:30-31, discussed further below).




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