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The Rules of Affinity 3: Does the Bible Truly Teach Your Doctrine?

This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Rules of Affinity

These “rules” are very useful for identifying where we have allowed our reason to overrule plain statement in the Bible.  We call this their “negative application” pdf – Affinity3 Affinity3      Continue Reading

The Rules of Affinity 2: Does the Bible Truly Teach Your Doctrine?

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Rules of Affinity

In this second part we see how all the major fundamental truths of Christianity are plainly stated in Scripture pdf – Affinity2 Affinity2Continue Reading

The Rules of Affinity: Does the Bible Truly Teach Your Doctrine?

This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Rules of Affinity

Many people will tell you their doctrines are “biblical”, but how can you test whether or not that is indeed the case?  Learn these steps and you will be better able to figure out whether God really said so, or whether human reasoning is getting in the way!

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The Church as a Mystery (Pt.2)

In Ephesians 3 and Colossians 1 the Apostle Paul refers to teaching about the Church as a “mystery” (musterion) .  What does he mean by this?  Is he saying that the Old Testament saints knew nothing about the New Testament Church?  This lecture deals mainly with the claims of so-called “Progressive Dispensationalism”.

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The Church as a Mystery (Pt.1)

In Ephesians 3 and Colossians 1 the Apostle Paul refers to teaching about the Church as a “mystery” (musterion) .  What does he mean by this?  Is he saying that the Old Testament saints knew nothing about the New Testament Church?  These two lectures plainly show this to be the case.

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The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament

This article gives provides thorough overview of the Holy Spirit’s activity in the O.T.  Along the way such questions as the nature of “prophetic ecstasy”, and Old Testament salvation are described.

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The ‘Sons of God’ in Genesis 6

In this essay Paul Henebury displays all the positions before coming to what he thinks is the most obvious conclusion. Sons of God 2.wpsContinue Reading

New Testament Times (3): Society

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Background to the Gospels

This lecture looks at things like taxation and everyday living in Israel.

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Jesus’ Kingdom Teaching: Luke (1)

Jesus’ Kingdom Teaching: Luke (1)

This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series Jesus' Kingdom

This study tracks the way Jesus Himself spoke about the Kingdom of God. This and the next lecture focus on Luke’s Gospel.

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New Testament Times (2): Politics

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Background to the Gospels

This lecture looks into the political situation in the Roman Empire in Christ’s day.  This background material is taken from the TELOS BIBLICAL INSTITUTE course on “The Four Gospels”

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