Category Archives: Bible

Eternity is a long time

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Mark Williams

The Concept of Eternity in the Bible There are very few passages in the Bible that refer to our modern concept of eternity. The NT Greek expression: “into the ages” or “into the ages of the ages” is the closest … Continue reading →

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Scriptures Jesus Did Not Quote From

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Mark Williams

Jesus, as a Messiah for the Jews of Judea and Galilee, followed in the footsteps of several Messiahs. Some extremely brave leaders are recorded in the Apocrypha (the books of the Catholic Bible that were written during the 400 years between … Continue reading →

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Inerrancy of the Bible

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Mark Williams

Does the Bible claim to be inerrant? Evangelicalism, and fundamentalist Christianity is based on the claim that the Bible in its original manuscripts is the inerrant word of God for today. Is this what the Bible claims for itself? First … Continue reading →

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Singing only the Psalms

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Mark Williams

One of my old roommates wrote a book about the Psalms. I looked it up yesterday and found a review of it on a Psalmody website. It is a website devoted to the concept that God only wants the Psalms … Continue reading →

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How Should our Worship Service Look?

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Mark Williams

What worship format is biblical? In the Law of Moses in the books of Exodus and Leviticus the worship formats outlined by Moses, as commanded by God, were similar to the worship formats in Egypt and the land of Canaan, … Continue reading →

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How was Jesus Inspired?

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Mark Williams

I was raised to believe that Jesus had a perfect memory of heaven while he was on earth, that his faith was not faith, but knowledge, and that he didn’t have to figure anything out. In other words: he didn’t … Continue reading →

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The Rules are Written on your Heart

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Mark Williams

There is a theory put out by the hard line Churches of Christ that Jesus gave the apostles all the rules for the work, worship and organization of the local congregation between his resurrection and his ascension. This is then … Continue reading →

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The Rude Guy Who Beeped at me in Traffic

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Mark Williams

A recent commenter to this blog wrote: The bible is perfect and complete (James 1:25), it was written for and applies to everyone forever (Acts 2:39-42), and Jesus is referred to as the Word incarnate and sent the word through … Continue reading →

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The Only Way to Worship is according to these Rules

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Mark Williams

Hard line Churches of Christ from the Restoration Movement (about 10% to 20% of Churches of Christ) have theology that is based on the belief that all the early churches recorded in the New Testament writings adhered to a rigid … Continue reading →

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The Eastern Orthodox never believed in Total Depravity

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Mark Williams

Friday I was talking to a friend of mine, a pastor of an Assembly of God church nearby who has two master’s degrees, about John Calvin’s shenanigans in Geneva, Switzerland in the 1600s. He said N.T. Wright (who is an … Continue reading →

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