Biblical Literacy with Mark Lanier

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...

The post SE- Attributes of God – Scott Riling appeared first on Biblical Literacy .

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...

The post GOG 006 – The Trinity Part A appeared first on Biblical Literacy .

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...

The post DFT 4 – Devotionals from the Torah 4 appeared first on Biblical Literacy .

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 .

The post DFT 7 – Devotionals from the Torah 7 appeared first on Biblical Literacy .

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...

The post GOG 004 – What Does God Have to Do With Us? Part A appeared first on Biblical Literacy .

Mark continued with lesson 2 in The Greatness of God—Examine God’s CV. Who is God? The answer is in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Part of God’s CV is His love. The Greek uses two types of love to show God’s persona as recorded in the New Testament: Phileo, someone or something we have affection […] The post GOG 002 – Who is God? Part A appeared first on Biblical Literacy .

Lesson Title: Chapter 1, Introducing God’s CV Join us as Mark Lanier introduces his new series, The Greatness of God: Examining God’s CV. Mark kick’s off this illuminating new series that carefully examines God’s Curriculum vitae (CV) or resume, like a lawyer might examine a witness. C.V.’s are a modern cultural invention, but that examine […] The post GOG 001 – Intro...

Mark taught devotions from the Life of Jesus about advent—Jesus is Coming. Are you ready? John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus – Luke 1:17. He’s coming. The future has purposes, the past has meaning. Although God’s ways can sometimes be perplexing – Luke 1:25-30, focus on watching for God’s hand in our lives […] The post DLC18.0-Jesus is Coming appeared first o...

Mark shares the differences of calendars and how we celebrate Advent of the church calendar, the four Sundays preceding Christmas. We learn how Advent looks forward to the arrival of Jesus in three ways: 1) His arrival in Bethlehem, 2) HIs arrival in our heart, and 3) His coming again. Learn more how the first […] The post DLC17.0-The First Sunday of Advent appeared first on Biblical Literac...

Mark continued the series, Devotions from the Life of Jesus #16 with a focus on Jesus’s interaction with women. Much of the misinterpretation of how Jesus and other New Testament writers considered women is due to cultural barriers of ancient times vs. today. Jesus came to make a difference for all men and women. In […] The post DLC16.0-Jesus’ Interaction with Women appeared first on B...

Mark taught #15 in the series: Devotions from the Life of Jesus. Today’s devotions are themed around what Jesus said about worship. Mark explained the word “worship” comes from the Anglo-Saxon words meaning to “ascribe worth.” He expanded on these facets of worship: 1) Gratitude: Luke 17:11-19 teaches us that gratitude to God is worship and praise. 2) God-centered: Matthew 2:1-8 shows us true wors...

Devotions from the life of Jesus #14. Mark continued with his series showing how Jesus dealt with the interruptions or detours of life. Matthew 19:10 shows us that Jesus had time for children, the future of His kingdom. The disciples’ problem was not seeing an opportunity to practice Jesus’ teachings. Luke 10:25 shows us who […] The post DLC14.0-Jesus Interrupted appeared first on Bibl...

Mark continued Devotionals from the Life of Jesus #13 with a focus on Jesus teaching about the Holy Spirit. Jesus spoke of the Holy Spirit in one setting in John 14-16. Mark also looks at passages both before and after those teachings to see how Jesus’ teaching of the Holy Spirit occurred. The post DLC13.0-Jesus and the Holy Spirit appeared first on Biblical Literacy .