Brooklyn's Dad Talks About the Bible

We've recently looked at several warning passages to believers to avoid sexual immorality (fornication, adultery, lusts of the flesh, etc.). Sexual immorality cannot only destroy a testimony, it can destroy a society. But God never leaves us without hope. There is always a path back to God. Our gracious Lord is eager to forgive and restore. That does not mean there are no consequences to our sin,...

We move into Ephesians chapter 5 and continue with Paul's admonition to walk in the light. Christ secured for us the free gift of resurrection life with his perfect sacrifice and resurrection, but that doesn't mean the servant faces no other judgments. We are warned repeatedly in the epistles of the pitfalls in the old nature that can lead to loss. Loss of reward. Loss of crown. Loss of position....

[Audio only available] We follow comments I received on social media for merely trying to put Jeremiah 29:11 in its context. Hey, I'm just asking questions. If you wanna claim Jeremiah 29, why not Luke 12 or Mark 16? We then apply the faulty "every verse I like is for me, to hell with the context" to the blessings and cursings in Israel's Covenant with the Lord in Deuteronomy 28. Consistency is ou...

We address yet another invocation of Jeremiah 29:11 online. This is very popular verse, claimed by believers far and wide. But apparently, the plans God has to prosper us is only working for people like Leonardo DiCaprio and a lot of phenomenally wealthy people in power. We again look to context and God's differing plans for israel and the Earth. Then we broaden our scope to talk about contrarians...

We once again explore the application of reason to our thinking and to scripture. When confronted with theological, political, or economic ideas, we need to step back and think through them logically and settle where reason leads us. Unfortunately, we had some video issues. So, while we had to employ a static picture from campus, scripture references, pictures, and other visual references still wo...

We take a look at 1 Cor 6 from another angle, noting the clear context of 1 Cor 5. Yes, believers are capable of falling into all kinds of wickedness if they follow the carnal nature (the flesh). This leads to Paul's instructions for marriage in 1 Cor 7 which we then contrast with his Post-Acts instructions in 1 Timothy. We get our Acts and Post-Acts doctrines lined up and rightly divided. Are you...

We dig deeper into Paul's dealings with believers who hindered his teaching of the blessings in the far above the heavens. Most of our doctrinal enemies (who may rob of us "unsearchable riches, rewards, crowns, or the Prize) come in the form of Christians. They appeal to our carnal, religious nature. We wander from there and continue to look at the demise of the USA. How did we get from Andy Griff...

We chat about the dangers that come to the Christian from within the walls of Christendom that can hinder us, deceive us, and rob us from our calling. We then freeform talk about the fall of the American Empire. The signs all are around us: moral decay, the destruction of the nuclear family, political chaos, massive debt, high taxes, etc. These conditions have not been conducive to a healthy socie...

The practical arises from the doctrinal. Paul, in Ephesians, lays out the new revelation of the Mystery (Secret) God had hidden from before the foundation of the ages and which God had hidden from Moses and the Prophets. The Middle Wall between Jew and Gentile came down after the Acts age and the focus of blessings is no longer the earthly Kingdom, the land, or the New Jerusalem. The blessings we...

While milling about Matthew 24 and Matthew 25 (the Olivet Discourse), we stop in on some of those red letters in chapter 25 and break down the parable of the Ten Virgins who are attending a wedding (they're not part of it). We compare some of the imagery and metaphor there with common statements and beliefs in Christendom and see if they fit. We visit the covenants that apply and the hope in view....

We pause to talk a little bit about my Christian allegorical book, "Devon Dibley and His Golden Key." One reviewer on Amazon accused me of being a "Christofascist." So that's a pretty good endorsement! I expand the topic I neglected in our pizza talk, Philadelphia's own Tomato Pie. We also wander around Israel's future and we set up a discussion of the Bride, the Lamb's wife, as scripture teaches...

We look briefly at the use of "synagogue" in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the biblical Hebrew texts). We finally discuss the pressing theological issue of our day: what's the deal with fast food pizza? And before we go, we confirm what should be common in Christendom, but which is sadly lacking... an acknowledgement that we don't know everything and that we all probably have some thing...

We take a quick look at Matthew 24, the questions posed to the Lord and his response. We consider a possible context for the "rumors of war" and the fighting "kingdom against kingdom" the Lord references. There have been many such rumors and plenty of wars over the centuries, perhaps the prophetic Word of God can help us narrow down the field. Finally, we look at the Gospel of Kingdom spoken of by...

We compare the ideas of filtering and trying to find good in evil. Is there a distinction? I believe there is. After breaking down those concepts, we take a little walk through Psalm 27.

We jump to the Hebrews where Paul is shockingly writing to Hebrews (none of whom graduated from a Reformed Seminary). Even in this Acts Age epistle we can see that the law of the tithe was created to provide for the tribe of Levi and for the physical Temple. We'll see that Levi was in Abraham's loins when the latter tithed to Melchizedek, thus making his priesthood (Christ's) greater than the prie...

We wander in and around three more cases of picking and choosing what we want from scripture. We finally visit Malachi 3 and the question of tithing; the Lord's words to his disciples in regard to love and your eternal fate; finally, we wander over to the Olivet Discourse (as it is called) in Matthew 24-25. As your pastor threatens you with Malachi if you don't put cash in his storehouse, you migh...

Today, we talk about some the things and people who surround the film "Sound of Freedom." As we continue the practice of filtering with scripture and reasoning from scripture, we step back and ask a few questions about the movie. Do good intentions make one a good Christian? Or even a Christian at all? Nothing wrong with exposing evil. Nothing wrong with trying to save children. We can say "bravo"...

Why does Christendom tend toward the "it must be true because it's old and popular" within its borders, but savages and rejects the same sentiment in the world? I don't know. What I do know is that we all need to take personal responsibility for our faith while simultaneously allowing others to take personal responsibility for their own faith. Wycliffe, Tyndale, Hus, Luther all stood alone, and al...

We start in Godspell and look at everything that attaches itself to what we think of as "Christian." Everything must go through the filter of scripture, and that scripture must be rightly divided. Even the "sacred hymns of the faith" need a good filtering. We can never surrender this responsibility to a man, a denomination, a creed, or a catechism.

We start off season three with a new intro and a focus on what is in the ether which presents itself as Christianity. We start off with a tweet concerning why the Lord Jesus was put to death. Because we're sinners? Sure. Because we need redemption? Absolutely! But Let's not lose sight of the witness of scripture and the rejection of the King of Israel. We need to filter everything through the pris...

The man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or is worshipped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself as God. Sounds like a charming fellow, but who is he? Trump? Macron? King Charles? Laus Schwab? Obama? Putin? Carrot Top? Squidward? Lots of candidates. Personally, I think he'll come out of Israel and is not...

We talk about how rapidly things used to change outwardly in our culture and how today most of the change is in the ether. I take a trip back to my childhood, teens, and young adult days and examine life around me.

We look, again, at the wild world of Bible translations. When we choose a translation, we just need to be aware of possible shortcomings. Too often, men have wittingly or unwittingly imposing their own thoughts or the thoughts of a sect or system upon the text. We talk about Israel's history, the dispersion, and the differering gospels in the Acts age.

We take a look at the recent Pride Night controversy and the Los Angeles Dodogers. We pull the lens back and ask if God realy cares about Major League Baseball. We slide on from there into the topic of the Law, the Passover, and other events in Exodus. We touch on the topic of forever. Is the Law really forever?

We look, again, at the wild world of Bible translations. When we choose a translation, we just need to be aware of possible shortcomings. Too often, men have wittingly or unwittingly imposing their own thoughts or the thoughts of a sect or system upon the text. We talk about Israel's history, the dispersion, and the differering gospels in the Acts age.