What Does The Bible Say?

Send us Fan Mail In this third episode of What Does The Bible Say About Jesus' Death, Burial And Resurrection, Arnie and Fred begin by noting what the record says about the guards and what they did after Jesus was resurrected. This necessitated a discussion of the actions of the Pharisees relating to the guards. Next we talk about Jesus' appearance to His disciples in Jerusalem for the f...

Send us Fan Mail In this second episode, Arnie and Fred begin the discussion about the women who witnessed Jesus' burial procedures and placement of His body in the sepulcher before the Sabbath began. We note that the chief priests and Pharisees went to Pilate the next day on the Sabbath and requested that Pontius Pilate have the tomb secured, what that entailed  and to post a guard there.  W...

Send us Fan Mail This episode begins a series of discussions  about Jesus' crucifixion, death and burial, Arnie and Fred start by noting how Luke begins the book of Acts. We refer to the discovery of some ossuaries in southeast Jerusalem in 1980 by construction workers.  We talk about these boxes containing bones  and some of the speculation concerning them. The actual crucifixion according t...

Send us Fan Mail In this second episode about what the Bible says about making moral decisions, Arnie and Fred discuss some questions we ought to ask ourselves to help distinguish right from wrong.  We discuss whether or not God has expressly forbidden a particular activity, will it harm me physically, will it damage my influence and will it violate my conscience?  We ought also to consider whethe...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Arnie and Fred discuss what the Bible says about making moral decisions. We know that sin abounds in the world ever since Adam and Eve disobeyed God in the Garden. Ever since that time, every accountable person has committed sin. We know that it got so bad in the past that God flooded the earth destroying all human beings except the eight on the Ark.  In this stud...

Send us Fan Mail This is the third and final discussion of how to recognize a Christian.  Arnie and Fred discuss why it is that Christians choose  to be so different from others.  First of all we note that Christians are not of the world and we discuss what that means even though it is obvious that they are in the world. So, when was it that they were separated from the world?  It is said that Chr...

Send us Fan Mail Arnie and Fred continue to discuss How To Recognize A Christian in this second episode. We remind ourselves that Christians are disciples, that disciples are learners and in fact there are few Christians.  We talk about the Christian's speech and point out that it is different from that of the people of the world.  Another characteristic is that Christians are honest people. ...

Send us Fan Mail This is the first episode that  Arnie and Fred discuss what the bible says about the characteristics that identify a Christian.  We talk about what a disciple is, what he does and the fact that there are actually few disciples in the world.  The Bible has a lot to say about the fact that the disciples of Jesus Christ are different from people of the world.  We note that Christians...

Send us Fan Mail Arnie and Fred continue their discussion of Civil Government in this third and last episode. We continue talking about the saints who served in government positions in the New Testament times. We start with the Ethiopian Royal Treasurer who ultimately took the gospel back to his homeland.  We find Cornelius in Acts chapter 10 who was a Centurion in the Roman army who was stationed...

Send us Fan Mail In this second episode on civil government, Arnie and Fred continue discussing the factthat evil in civil government is not a new thing.  We note more examples from the Old Testament and the New Testament of rulers and government officials engaged in all kinds of evil from adultery to murder of Jesus and persecution of Christians.  We end this episode by examining some of the righ...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Arnie and Fred discuss civil government, that God is its Originator and men are obligated to submit to it.  We note that whoever resists it will face consequences, if not in this life, certainly in the final judgment.  We discuss the passages that show us that God intends government to  be a friend and a rewarder of law abiding and righteous people. We start out b...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Arnie and Fred continue their discussion of spiritual gifts in the New Testament.  We begin by noting that it was the Holy Spirit who decided who received which spiritual gift.  We show that there were nine gifts that were named in the New Testament record. Two of those gifts involved the intellect,  five gifts involved faith,  and two involved the speaking of for...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Arnie and Fred discuss the miraculous gifts Jesus" imparted to His apostles and those spiritual gifts that the apostles imparted  to some disciples in the New Testament times.  Those gifts were given to the apostles initially when Jesus sent them out on what os commonly referred to as the Limited Commission.  Additionally, those gifts were given to the sevent...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Arnie and Fred discuss what the bible says about Christ, the Son of God.  We begin by a short notice of the difficulty in properly translating the Bible from its original languages into modern languages spoken today.  Every language and culture has its own unique  complexities.  Arnie notes Arabic as one of the languages with biblically  problematic issues with th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Arnie and Fred continue their discussion of The Faith Of Enoch. We begin by again noting the importance of parent teaching their children about God and His instructions on how we are to live faithful and righteous lives. It is evident that Enoch's parents faithfully taught him about God and Enoch believed that teaching and in God.  Part of that instruction inc...

Send us Fan Mail This is the first episode that  Arnie and Fred discuss what the Bible says about the faith of Enoch. We start out noting the first six verses of Hebrews 11. As is commonly known, this chapter of Hebrews contains references to a number of faithful people from the old testament and notes their faithfulness to God.  Enoch is one of those people who believed in God.  He lived before t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Arnie and Fred continue to discuss Jesus' apostles and their work. Jesus instructed them in what is commonly called the Limited Commission. The apostles accompanied  and assisted Jesus in His work such as the feeding of the 5,000. We note that they witnessed and proclaimed His death and resurrection. We talk about the fact that they were referred to as servan...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Arnie and Fred discuss Jesus' apostles and their work.  We note that the original 12 apostles were known by other names, sometimes referred to as surnames. We talk about each name as found in the bible.  There were three pairs of brothers in this group.  We also note that many of them were evidently engaged in a family business of fishing. There is one puzzle...

Send us Fan Mail John provides seven signs or miracles  in his gospel account  that Jesus performed while He was on this earth among us. In this episode we discuss those seven signs and what they represent. Those seven signs are when He turned water into wine, the healing of the royal official's son, the lame man enabled to walk, feeding of the 5,000, walking on the sea, healing the blind man...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Arnie and Fred continue their discussion of the persecution of Christians in the first century. We note that this persecution resulted from riots, false charges, brutal assaults and even murders on numerous occasions. We talk about the riot that occurred in Ephesus, as well as the murder of Antipas at Pergamos and the persecution of the members of the church at Sm...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Arnie and Fred discuss the persecution of the righteous that is recorded in the Bible even beginning in the Garden of Eden. it is Satan who is behind this evil activity. He seeks to entice and harm any who would want to serve God and persecution is one of the methods he uses to do that. We note that the Old Testament record is filled with the persecution of the ri...

Send us Fan Mail This is the second episode that Arnie and Fred discuss John the Immerser, better known as John the Baptist. This time we start out by noticing his parents and the record of the angel visiting John's father. We talk about Mary's visit with John's mother Elisabeth, who was also her cousin, while she was expecting Jesus. We also note the baptism that John was sent to p...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Arnie and Fred discuss John the Immerser, better known as John the Baptist in some Bible translations. We begin by noting when the Bible says his work began. We talk about his mission which included his preaching that was to prepare men to believe in Him who was "the Light". John preached about repentance and the fact that God's kingdom was soon to c...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Arnie and Fred continue the discussion of what godly women did ni the church in the first century. We note that some women saints prophesied in New Testament times. We discuss what prophesy entailed and what the Bible says about when these prophetesses did this. We also discuss the fact that teaching by inspiration ended when the New Testament revelation was compl...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Arnie and Fred discuss some of the women disciples found in the New Testament and what they did. This will be the first of two episodes. You will find that the godly women in the New Testament church were critical to the success of spreading the gospel throughout the world. We will note nine named disciples and the work that they performed in the spreading of the g...