Berean Bible Church - Virginia

This is the section of Romans that originally challenged me, causing me to switch from saying Jesus to calling Him Yeshua.

God created man in his image - we are image bearers of Yahweh. What does that mean and how should we live accordingly?

The Bible is full of types and antitypes, and if you fail to understand how that works, you miss out on quite a lot of significance in the story.

The symbol and meaning of the cross have been msunderstood and blurred by the modern church. Let's look at the ancient understandings.

Yeshua is praying for those who will believe in Him. This includes us! Yeshua is praying for us, and in this prayer we will see some amazing things.

Yeshua is praying for those who will believe in Him. This includes us! Yeshua is praying for us, and in this prayer we will see some amazing things.

Jewish tradition declared that God had consecrated (sanctified) Israel, separating them from the rest of the world, by giving them His Law. Here God was consecrating His Church by giving them His Son, the Word.

Yeshua doesn't give eternal life to all without exception? He only gives eternal life to 'the given.' The Lord Yeshua has sovereign authority to give life and He gives life to those to whom the Father has given to Him.

Yeshua doesn't give eternal life to all without exception? He only gives eternal life to 'the given.' The Lord Yeshua has sovereign authority to give life and He gives life to those to whom the Father has given to Him.

Christ has been, up to this part, instructing and warning his disciples, now he is seeking to give them some comfort in all of this.

One of the most common responses when someones espouses preterism, is that it takes away the Christian's hope. But does it take it away, or fulfill it?

Many, if not most, modern teachers use an already/not yet understanding to explain Bible prophecy. But if the not yet is imminent to the original heaeres, what then?

Timing statements in the Bible seem to have no affect on how people interpret the timing of prophesied events, but should they? What does Yeshua mean when He says a "little while" in this section?

How does the Spirit guide Christians, and if Christians have the Spirit, why is there still so much division and different teachings on Scripture?

How does the Spirit guide Christians, and is the Spirit needed to properly and fully understand the biblical text?

Yeshua says the Spirit will come to convict the world, but how does that look in action?

Yeshua says to his disciples that they are to abode or burn, but what does he mean by burn?

Why does God allow Christians to suffer? What is its purpose in our lives? I'm sure we could find several reasons why God has his people suffer.

Why does the world hate us? It's because we are not like them. Like Yeshua we are not of the world.

The Scriptures are abundantly clear that God both chooses us for salvation and also sovereignly determines our spiritual abilities and station in life.

2 Peter speaks of the Apostles awaiting the arrival of a New Heavens and New Earth, and elsewhere we are told of the passing of heaven and Earth. What would these statements mean to the first century hearers who this was originally written to?

The more you abide in the presence of Christ, the more fruitful you become. The more you focus on Christ, the more fruitful you become. The more you focus on yourself, the less fruitful you become.

Yeshua identifies Himself, not Judah/Israel, as the genuine 'True Vine.' So what happened to old Israel, physical Israel, the unfaithful vine?

Those who don't abide in Christ are burned. What does that mean? Hell?

What would Christ's hearers have understood it to me when he claimed to be the vine?