Brooklyn's Dad Talks About the Bible

We chat about different kinds of bible translations and then briefly discuss manuscripts. We finish with an informal discussion on how the Elizabethan English used in certain translations (like the King James Version) often rob from the reality of the people, places, and events in scripture. Audio from Video.

We continue to take the audio track from our new video studies. We tale a look at a few verses in Genesis that speak to us in any dispensation. Hidden gems in the story of Sodom, in Rebecca's obedience, in Abraham's relationship with Isaac, and much more! It is central to proper bible interpretation that we know the hope that is before us, but every book in scripture is valuable. Not all scripture...

We've gone video. This is the audio version of the video file. We take a deeper look at the scripture passage the Lord read in his first public appearance in the synagogue in Nazareth. The Lord cut straight lines, he rightly divided the Word of Truth as Paul teaches us to do in 2 Tim 2:15. We note how the Lord's handling of what we know as Isaiah 61 is perfectly consistent with the Days in scriptu...

The scriptures speak of different "Day" in God's plan. The Day of Man, The Day of the Lord, The Day of Christ, etc. What happens during these days? What does the Bible mean by "day?" what day are we in now? What day is up next on the clock? We look at all these days and what that means for us and what it means in God's greater calendar.

After musing about John Lennon's statement in regard to the relative popularity of the Beatles and Christ, we move back to another post on social media from the Law. While in Leviticus, we wander over to Deuteronomy and Second Chronicles as well. We look at context and ask, "is this written to me?" If I see another Christian posting 2 Chronicles 7:14 for the United States, I'm going to need counse...

We stop and compare the healing of the blind man in Mark 8 with the healing of the blind man in John 9. The Lord uses a different method and the path to healing differs as well. We need to do as Paul teaches in Philippians and "compare the things that differ." Sometimes when we do this we see how the Lord is teaching us different truths, other times the Lord is showing us differences between his p...

We chat about dreams. What place do they have in God's plan? Has God's use of dreams changed as the ages changed? Is God speaking individually to believers today? We segue from that concept into thoughts about our old nature and our new nature, the Holy Spirit and the holy spirit. We ponder whether we really had our stony hearts replaced with soft hearts.

We are back from vacation! After visiting the capital city of Raleigh, Norh Carolina, and Atlantic Beach, we wade back into theological waters with ramblings about teachers, the doctrine of Sola Scripture (the scriptures alone as the arbiter of truth), and our individual responsibility, before God, to study to show ourselves approved workmen. Yes, some oldies, but goodies here, but I'm still recov...

We continue our little stroll down musical memory lane. Life in a band, life around other creative types. Along the way we discuss what makes a good musician? Is it simply technical prowess? Surely proficiency is important and valuable, but there's more to that in the musical arts. Let's all learn to express ourselves creatively. We can't all be Rembrandt or Mozart or even Matthew Wilder, but we c...

We take a small detour from our studies, a road less traveled, and just chat about being in a local, indie band. In part one, I ramble on about what it was like playing in a Greensboro (North Carolina) band in the 80s and 90s (and into the 2000s). The music, the friendships, the fantasies. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5XEiO4DdQiPKtED0skYl44?si=jUjh8tlnTR6aClqj258z0Q My blog: https://ww...

We continue to apply the principles of Right Division (2 Tim 2:15) to our interpretation of scripture. Even after Peter is sent to Cornelius in Acts 10 (much against his will), he and the rest of the Apostles to the Circumcision (who had the Gospel to the Circumcision) went to Jews only in Acts 11 as confirmed in the epistle to the Galatians. When Peter and James write to the "dispersion" ("the tw...

We get back to Jeremiah 11 and other parts of scripture to show how dangerous it is to our Bible study to try and apply everything to everynody in every age. We look at Noah amd Jonah and Paul and we are careful to read them all in context. My blog: https://www.contextorconfusion.com/ My Novel: https://www.amazon.com/Devon-Dibley-His-Golden-Key/dp/1484181557 My Testimony: https://bereanbeacon.org/...

One of the most dangerous things in theology today is trying to find everything in the news in prophecy. And part of the error (and honestly more serious) is applying the prophecies (warnings and promises) given to Israel to the United States. We are not "God's people." We are not Judah. We are not the city of Jerusalem. We do not have a covenant with the Lord. This error is most often seen when 2...

Time is an interesting character. It never seems to stop, yet it was once unknown and it will one day be unknown again. What does that mean? I have no idea. I'm a creature of time. One thing time did was sneak up on me. One day, I'm playing baseball in the mid-summer North Carolina sun without feeling an iota of tired... next thing I know, I wake up with an aching back, a bulging belly, and four a...

Another potpourri! We overcome (hopefully) technical issue as we briefly wander through a few issues. First, we look at those who create enemies that may or may not really exist. Then, we move in to a brief discussion of movies about the Lord. And, finally, from there, we spend the bulk of our time on the issue of time intervals, time gaps, in scripture and why we need to recognize these. We can d...

We dip back into forgiveness then move on to how the powers that be want us to live in fear. And wonder of wonders, guess who is there to save us from the boogeyman? All they want is our money, our rights, our comforts, our values, our very independence... and for that small price, well, they won't do much apart from move on to the next boogeyman. And then they'll just want more of our money, more...

We wander through Holy Week, as it's called for a few moments before we broach the topic of forgiveness. We talk a little bit about forgiving others and what that entails, but we want to focus on forgiving the worst person in the room, ourselves.

We remind ourselves that the primary judgment we should be worried about is our own. Not judgment for our sin (Christ has paid that), but judgment as to how we handle the Word of God and how we follow our calling. I'm not your judge and you are not my judge. We can discuss our differences in love, but we must never forget that God is watching. Yes, he is surely a patient God, but He does expect us...

We pause to examine, from as generic Point-of-view as possible, the state of politics in the good ol' USA. What does it mean to be an American? How can we rise above partisanship? Why don't more people acknowledge the superiority of the Italian people? Important questions like that! We've got a great, if imperfect, country here, people. Let's not allow them to pit us against each other so they can...

We continue to take the prinicipals of interpreting the Bible in context. We look at Paul's instruction to us in 2 Timothy 2:15 to study to show ourselves approved unto God, workmen who need not be ashamed, rightly dividing, cutting, separating the Word of Truth. We compare things that differ in scripture. And we look at Paul's worlds of liberty in Colossians chapter 2.

We briefly ramble on about the horrors of war and while sometimes necessary, too often they are fought for the powers that be (politicians, bankers, etc.). As the war in Ukraine drags and the propaganda intensifies, the West seems to be looking for a way to expand the war. We have to ask why. Just a little side path before we get back to looking at living the Christian life.

We've applied this idea in a number of studies, but today we focus on it alone. That is, the false dichotomy of "Heaven or Hell" and "Saved or Lost." If that is your theology, you will see every verse, every warning, every loss as some comment on going to heaven or hell. We've covered the common mythology of hell previously. Today, we see how that mythology combined with the limited parameters of...

We take at look at the topic of fellowship in the context of both salvation and interpretation. When it come to interpreting scripture, I hope I'm consistent and I implore anybody in any system to be consistent (or at least try to be consistent unti it doesn't work!). Surely, we can find fellowship with ALL who have found Life in Christ and who are resting in Him alone via the true gospel of the g...

We take a look at the traditions and practices of Lent in light of scripture. We then go back and examine these practices in light of history and scripture. We take a closer look at Peter's epistles and James' epistle to the Hebrew believers in light of the hope of the Kingdom. We focus on the examples of Abraham and Rahab. Is that really what the Lord is calling us to do today? The "good works" t...

In our quick journey through scripture, we've entered in the Book of Exodus. We will meet Moses and take a loot at the law in its place under the Old Covenant with Israel. We're not just going to talk about the Old Covenant and the New Covenant, we're going to actually read them. We're also going to look at the context of the passage in Ezekiel in regard to the heart of stone and the heart of fles...