Biblical Literacy with Mark Lanier

In this lesson, Mark is joined by special guest Dr. Andrew Macintosh, Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge University and one of the foremost scholars of Hebrew and the Bible. Mark and Dr. Macintosh conduct a Hebrew lesson in the Old Testament using the Psalms. The English vocabulary has 50,000 to 60,000 words, compared to Hebrew […] The post SE – Interview with Dr. Andrew MacIntosh &#8211...

Join Mark for Lesson 12 in “The Greatness of God” series as he concludes the “God of war? or, God of Peace?” segment. Using the Socratic Method, Mark pursues truth through four questions he poses for our consideration on the topic of Evil. What is evil? Why is evil in the World? Where is God […] The post GOG 012 – Is God Guilty of Fraud? War and Peace Part C appeared first on Biblical...

Mark continues with the series: Is God Guilty of Fraud. This week’s lesson focused Science and Faith. In this part 1 lesson, Mark discusses the controversy of faith and science in an overview of the lessons to come. Many people think faith and science are competitive. What does the Bible teach about science? In the argument of […] The post GOG 013 – Is God Guilty of Fraud? Science and...

As the series has progressed the concept that God is good and great must be reconciled with his commands to put entire cities to death. The question is then more aptly stated, “Is God Guilty of Fraud?” As the series title morphs into this question, listen to final installment of Chapter 6: Is God Guilty […] The post GOG 011 – Is God Guilty of Fraud? War and Peace, Part B ap...

Scott Riling taught on the topic: Favorite Three Attributes of God. Scott pointed out establishing three favorite attributes is difficult because God is good and perfect. The first attributive: God is Personal. He is the loving Father, the Great I Am. This is shown in Genesis 1:26. 3:7-9, Exodus 19:18-21, Numbers 11-26-29, and 1 Samuel 8-7-8. […] The post SE – GOG The Greatness of God...

  Mark continues with: Is God Guilty of Fraud? – An investigation into the foundations of our truths. This lesson is part 1 of a series discussing God and evil using example passages from the Old Testament and New Testament that appear to show a different God. Through the ages, people have asked how a loving […] The post GOG 010 – Is God Guilty of Fraud? War and Peace Part A...

Mark continues with: Is God Guilty of Fraud? – An investigation into the foundations of our truths. A misrepresentation can be inducement to believe false or fraudulent information. Christianity offers a belief system that makes sense of the world and mankind. Mark shows us God is not guilty of Fraud. God came to earth through Jesus. […] The post GOG 009 – Where is God? Part B ap...

Brent Johnson taught the greatness of God – Examining Gods CV. This week’s lesson focuses on the reality of struggles. Genesis 32 shares when Jacob is destined to meet his twin brother Esau after the conflict between them. Before their meeting, Brent explained how Jacob wrestled with God’s messenger in the form of an angel […] The post SE – GOG The Struggle is Real appeared first...

Mark continued his class on The Greatness of God: Examining Gods CV. Mark began the lesson by explaining the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11:1-9 with a look into the language and concepts of the ancient Mesopotamia area. Forever people have been looking for God. The tower was a ziggurat, a structure several stories high with a staircase to […] The post GOG 008 – Where is God? Part A appea...

Mark interviewed Professor Bruce Hindmarsh, the professor of spiritual theology at Regent College in Vancouver, and Professor Dennis Danielson from Stanford University, who is one of the world’s leading Milton scholars. Mark posed a variety of questions: Personal love story and marriage advice. Their wives’ best traits. How their relationship with Christ began, and life […] The post SE- Inte...

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Mark discusses the greatness of God by examining it like a taxonomy, which is the science of classifying things. By using this method we are looking at “what makes God, God?”. Using this approach he discusses the questions, “who is He?”, “what is He?”, “why it makes a difference to us?”, “how we know this?”. […] The post GOG 007 &#8...

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Mark continued in his series: The Greatness of God: Examining God’s CV. How do we merge God is love, God hates sin, and God is just? Sin incurs God’s wrath, a distortion of the truth of God’s nature, and He can’t live with sin. The answer is His substitionary atonement through Jesus Christ taking on our sin and […] The post GOG 005 – What Does God Have to Do With Us? Part B appea...

Mark continued with lesson 3 in The Greatness of God – Examine God’s CV. He continues to discuss the question “Who is God?” and the traits we will find on God’s CV. We know God is all-loving, but he is also a God who loves and hates, and we need to understand how these intersect. […] The post GOG 003 – Who is God? Part B appeared first on Biblical Literacy...

Mark took a break from his series “Paul, a Legal Case Study,” to discuss devotions from the Jewish Bible. TaNaKh is the Hebrew word for Old Testament. Each letter stand for a section of Scripture: Torah (the Law), Nevi’im (the Prophets), and Ketuvi (the Writings) Listen to Mark share a few devotionals planned for an upcoming […] The post DFT 1 – Devotionals from the Torah 1...

Mark taught Round Two of why he’s writing devotions based on the Torah, the first five books of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). He began with a review from the previous week showing how the Tanakh is divided into three divisions. He then moved on to share devotions from Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Listen […] The post DFT 2- Devotionals from the Torah 2 appeared first on...

1-7-18 Mark began the new year with some Torah Devotionals from the Old Testament books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. He showed how Psalm 96:1-2 and Psalm 119:97 show the love of the Hebrew people for the Torah or law. Mark shared devotions based on these passages: Genesis 1:1-2 May God fill and […] The post DFT 3 – Devotionals from the Torah 3 appeared first...

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Mark focused his class on the subject matter of his upcoming Torah devotional book. Mark’s devotional follows the plan many Jewish people use when reading the Torah. Psalms: looking to have our soul revived. The assurance of the psalms that the Law will make us wise. Inspired by God. The post DFT 5 – Devotionals from the Torah 5 appeared first on Biblical Literacy .

Mark ended his Torah devotions lessons including a focus on Psalm 119: 97 “Oh how I love your law. It is my mediation all the day.” and asking the question – Why did God give the law? 1. Society needed it. 2. Express God in theology 3. Die under the weight of the law and […] The post DFT 6 – Devotionals from the Torah 6 appeared first on Biblical Literacy .

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This week Mark shared 6 of his personal favorite devotions from his book Torah for Living Daily Prayers, Wisdom, and Guidance. Numbers 14:39 – To whom do you listen? Recognize the strength of council from those who faithfully follow God. Listen to God or to those who are faithful to God. Exodus 39:22-24 – God is […] The post DFT 8 – Devotionals from the Torah 8 appeared fir...

Mark hosts Dr. Peter Williams from Cambridge who, leads Tyndale House, place of scholarly study and ministry – TyndaleHouse.com. Peter has a passion for language and explains how enlightening it is to study the Bible in multiple languages. Peter also shares about his family, William Tyndale whom Tyndale House is named, and a project he’s […] The post Can We Trust the Gospels? Interview...

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