The main theme of the Bible is getting the right king on the throne of the kingdom of heaven. The sub-theme is the salvation of man, granted to any man who does by faith what God commands him to do, in the time period in which he lives. In the history...
Overview of the Bible Old Testament Genesis – The Book of Origins – Creation (1-2) – Adam and Eve and their genealogy (3-5) – Noah’s flood (6-9) – the division of the nations (10) – the Tower of Babel (11) – Abraham (12-15) – Ishmael (16) – Circumcision (17) Sodom...
We have prepared a chart of the dates of birth, the ages, and the dates of death of the patriarchs in the book of Genesis. The reason that this chart is helpful is that it demonstrates that Adam was created in 4004 BC. By beginning with these dates, we can...
At first glance, it appears that Ex 12:40 contradicts Acts 7:6. This is not a Bible contradiction. By figuring backwards from the Exodus you can see this is not a Bible contradiction, at all. The easiest way to do this reconciliation is to figure all of the dates that you...
At first glance, it appears that 1 Ki 6:1 contradicts Acts 13:18-22. In fact, these passages don’t contradict. You have to account for an overlap in years during the time of the judges. In 1 Ki 6:1, the time between the Exodus and the fourth year of Solomon’s reign is...
When you read through the books of 1 and 2 Kings, you can sometimes be overwhelmed by the names of the kings and the dates of their reigns. Often, the kings have similar names, particularly around the time that Jehoshaphat and Ahab try to reunite the divided kingdoms. Furthermore, there...
Yes. We can chart the dates based upon the numbers of years each king reigned and the dates that we found in our last question regarding the time from the Exodus to the dividing of the tribes of Judah from the tribes of Israel. That starting date was 975 BC,...
An old-time evangelist, on his death bed, gave a friend of mine this advice, “You preach the word and let the word preach to the people.” That’s some of the best advice I have ever heard. So, in looking for something to preach, keep in mind that you are preaching...
Teach a book in the Bible – The advantages of teaching out of a book of the Bible are: You won’t have to figure out what topic of the Bible to teach each week. Your people will know where you will be studying next, so the studies are cohesive. They...
Basic Bible for Soul Winning Lesson #1 Bro. Tony Seale CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Basic Bible for Soul Winning (Lesson #1) What is Sin and why is man a Sinner? Handout #1 What is Sin? 1) Proverbs 21:4 “An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked,...
