Posted March 18th, 2010 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. Regarding your answer of 3-15-10 on the Emerging Church. You brought up a concept I have never heard before. You said, “More and more people are turning to places like the internet for their spiritual sustenance. This has the added benefit of leading believers back into the pattern of self study, something the Lord always intended for us. (Acts 17:11)” Would you please explain in more detail about what you call the “Para-church” movement?
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Posted December 24th, 2009 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. My pastor believes that Jesus was born in the Spring, March or April because of the shepherds tending their sheep at that time of the year when the angels appeared to them in the fields, and because the Lord also died in the Spring when he was 33 which would match the time of his birth. Why do you believe that the Lord was born in September? Thank you, as always, for your great insights and for your ministry.
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Posted December 24th, 2009 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. I wanted to know if Jesus Christ was born in a house or manger? In Matthew 2:11 says house, but Luke 2: 6-7 says manger. Why did the Matthew say house and Luke say manger? Thank you.
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Posted November 22nd, 2009 in Gift Shop, mp3
Mark Part 15 begins in chapter 14 verse 53 and continues through chapter 15 verse 20. In this study we take a look at the 6 trials Jesus endured, reading the relevant passages from all four gospels. We’ll see the many inconsistencies in these trials, the complete denial of due process, and the officials’ illegal efforts to legally justify their pre-determined verdict of Guilty.
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Posted November 14th, 2009 in Selah, The Bible's Authority
A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
The Bible isn’t such a complex document that it requires years of formal education before you can begin to comprehend it. I’ve always believed the Bible was meant to be understood by any believer who can read and has a serious interest in knowing what it says. I say this because I believe the Bible is best approached by relying on the power of the Holy Spirit rather than one’s own intellect. James 1:5 says that any of us who lacks wisdom need only ask God who gives generously to all without finding fault.
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Posted July 4th, 2009 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. Thank you for answering all my questions. I know I have many but you’re are such a great teacher and I’m very grateful for your answers. To be honest there just isn’t this kind of teaching happening in the church these days.
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Posted June 12th, 2009 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. In June 6, 2009’s post, I was reading the verse about faith comes by hearing the Word (Romans 10:17). I have been intensely thinking on this verse for some time now, because something about it has caught my attention. I need to know what the missing element is. I looked it up in several translations but what I am seeing isn’t explaining the missing piece.
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Posted June 6th, 2009 in My Thoughts
Commentary by Jack Kelley
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him” (1Cor. 2:9)
In the time just before the Babylonian captivity, the people of Judah were certain that God would not permit the Babylonians to conquer them. “After all,” they said, “we’re God’s people. His Temple is in our midst. Surely He will spare us.” Their leaders encouraged them to think this way and false prophets assured them that everything would soon be normal again. Even when the Babylonian armies were at the very gates of Jerusalem they were expecting God to miraculously deliver them.
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Posted May 31st, 2009 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. Why is so much of the Bible hard to understand? Not impossible but hard! My prayerful conclusion was that it was meant to be that way by GOD. If the Bible read like a long list of rules or a consise way to live your life from A to Z where would be the passion that comes from studying the word? Would people dedicate their entire lives to learning scripture?
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Posted May 12th, 2009 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. Thank you so much for your site. It has been an integral part of what God has been doing in my life over the past 3 years or so. May God bless your faithfulness!
I hope you might be able to help me. I’ve been asked to lead a new Bible study group at our church. I’m very excited but also apprehensive. I’ve only just begun to really study the Bible for myself and don’t have a clue how to help others learn to do it. I want to encourage them to take the responsibility and privilege of personally examining scripture seriously without leaving them twisting in the wind. The Bible can be a little overwhelming! Can you recommend some resources or advice I can give them as we start this journey?
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