Valley Bible Fellowship » Apologetics http://www.valleybiblefellowship.org An independent Bible church in Boonville California Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:00:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Join us: archeology, geography, and historical features of the Land of the Bible http://www.valleybiblefellowship.org/220/ http://www.valleybiblefellowship.org/220/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:17:15 +0000 Eric Peterman http://www.valleybiblefellowship.org/?p=220 Wednesday, Sept 28th, 6:30pm

Come and learn as Tom Meyer combines history, research, explorations and personal experience of living in the Land of the Bible for 1,000 days to reveal fascinating information concerning the archeology and geography of Israel.

You will learn-

  • Information to equip you concerning the archeological, geographical, and historical features of the Land of the Bible, with special emphasis given to particular regions, cities and geographical features.
  • Data to educate you how the archeology, geography, and history of the Bible influenced routes, settlement, climate, communication and history.
  • Facts that will help you better recognize that the Bible was written in a very specific historical and geographical context, thereby helping you better understand the surrounding circumstances of Bible events and giving you richer insights into the text.
  • Tools to help you describe important physical aspects of the Land of the Bible; helping you to put in plain words their effects on Bible events, natural gateways, patterns of settlement, climate, and communication.
  • Examples how archaeology helps you better understand and explain daily life in biblical times.

Tom Meyer has an MA in the Historical Geography of Israel and another MA in Middle East Culture and Religion from Jerusalem University College. He is currently working towards a PHD and Mrs. His ministry Wordsower tells complete books of the Holy Bible word for word from memory. www.thescripturecannotbebroken.comсвети георгиikoniхудожник на икониИкони на светци

]]> http://www.valleybiblefellowship.org/220/feed/ 0 The good news of the gospel… you’re condemned! http://www.valleybiblefellowship.org/the-good-news-of-the-gospel-youre-condemned/ http://www.valleybiblefellowship.org/the-good-news-of-the-gospel-youre-condemned/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:59:42 +0000 Eric Peterman http://www.valleybiblefellowship.org/?p=112 Burnt ToastOne thing that stands out crystal clear in Paul’s articulation of the gospel in his epistle to the Roman church is that the gospel that he preaches begins, and is founded on, a very complete and careful explanation of condemnation – the righteousness of God and the unrighteousness of mankind. Not only does he say in the early chapters of Romans that great masses of people will face the judgment of God and be condemned for their sin, he says that each individual will stand utterly alone in rendering an account for their life and their sin, and that each individual will face, alone, the full brunt of God’s personal offense and anger at their sin and rebellion.

The clearest statement of this and the fact that condemnation and judgment are fundamental to the gospel, see Romans 2: 16, “…on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.”

The questions one should ponder are these: What gospel do I believe and trust in? What gospel is being preached nowadays? Is it a complete gospel? Is it the gospel of Paul? Is it a gospel that can save? Or is a gospel of therapeutic help that just helps people to stop feeling bad?

The true gospel cuts and it hurts, long before it offers redemption and hope. It must do so to scrape away and remove the blinders of self-deception we all maintain with loving care and attention. Don’t rush it. Don’t rush to show the beauty of salvation to a person still blind. The beauty won’t be seen and it won’t be appreciated.икони

]]> http://www.valleybiblefellowship.org/the-good-news-of-the-gospel-youre-condemned/feed/ 0 On handing the keys to your house to thieves http://www.valleybiblefellowship.org/on-handing-the-keys-to-your-house-to-thieves/ http://www.valleybiblefellowship.org/on-handing-the-keys-to-your-house-to-thieves/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:59:01 +0000 Eric Peterman http://www.valleybiblefellowship.org/?p=63 Would it make sense to lock your house and its contents carefully before you left, and then turn around and hand your keys to a thief to hold? It would seem that Christians have been doing that for years with… knowledge. Paul Henebury, shows in The Frame of Knowledge article just how that happened and how to get the keys back out of unsafe hands.

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