Photo by Samantha Gades on Unsplash Last week when we examined Acts 1, we noted how this story is ultimately the continuation of Luke's gospel. Jesus lived, died, rose again, and then set his followers up for a mission that they admittedly still didn't quite understand. But as this group…
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Acts 1: The Roots of the Church
Photo by Cristina Gottardi on Unsplash Learning to "Do Church"Over the next few months, we will be walking through the book of Acts bit by bit. Some weeks it'll be one chapter at a time, and other weeks it'll be larger chunks of text grouped together. With this blog…
Israel in Prophecy (Between the Testaments)
If you start reading the Bible from the start, it doesn't take very long before you run into the concept of the "Chosen People." The most obvious starting point for this is in Genesis 12, where God makes a covenant with Abram (later Abraham). Eventually this covenant gets upgraded when…
Romans 9-11: Who is Israel?
Who is Israel? Part 1: Romans 9-11[Photo by nour tayeh on Unsplash] Who is God's "Israel?" The identity of the Chosen People in the Hebrew Bible is pretty obvious. God chooses Abraham and his descendants to serve as part of his plan and remedy for the problem of human…
Update: New Content 2021
Hello everyone!This is a bit of an unusual post for iBelieveBible, but we felt that a personal note was necessary and appropriate at a time like this. Needless to say, 2020 and 2021 have been tumultuous and difficult years for many people. This is true for us here at…