Sermons on Bible

Bible Overview – Part 7 A special thanks to Bible.org for this Old Testament Survey. It can be found in its entirety here:https://bible.org/seriespage/introduction-old-testament-survey Also, content from Through the Bible Book by Book Volumes I and II by Myer Pearlman was used in this study. Introduction THE TITLE The common title for these twelve books of the English Bible is “minor prophets.” This title originated in Augustine’s time (late fourth century A.D.), but they are minor only in that they are…

Bible Overview – Part 6 A special thanks to Bible.org for this Old Testament Survey. It can be found in its entirety here:https://bible.org/seriespage/introduction-old-testament-survey Also, content from Through the Bible Book by Book Volumes I and II by Myer Pearlman was used in this study. The Prophets of Israel Viewed as a Whole  THEIR DESIGNATION The first division of the Old Testament was known as the Law with the second being called the Former Prophets, but these included four books which…

Bible Overview – Part 5 A special thanks to Bible.org for this Old Testament Survey. It can be found in its entirety here:https://bible.org/seriespage/introduction-old-testament-survey Also, content from Through the Bible Book by Book Volumes I and II by Myer Pearlman was used in this study. EZRA (Reconstruction of the Temple and Restoration of the People) AUTHOR: Though the book of Ezra does not name its author, Jewish tradition (the Talmud) ascribes it to Ezra along with Chronicles and Nehemiah. Tradition holds…

Bible Overview – Part 4 A special thanks to Bible.org for this Old Testament Survey. It can be found in its entirety here: https://bible.org/seriespage/introduction-old-testament-survey JUDGES (Seven Cycles of Apostasy, Judgment, and Deliverance) AUTHOR: Tradition tells us that Samuel wrote the book, but its authorship is actually uncertain. Samuel may have assembled some of the accounts from the period of the judges and prophets like Nathan and Gad may have had a hand in editing the material (see 1 Chron. 29:29). The Hebrew…

Bible Overview – Part 3 DEUTERONOMY (Reiteration and Reviewing)  AUTHOR: Moses  DATE: 1410 B.C.  SCOPE:  Two months on the plains of Moab NAME OF THE BOOK: The English title, which comes from the Septuagint, means “second law-giving” and comes from the mistranslation of 17:18, which actually says “a copy of this law.” Deuteronomy is a not a second law, but rather a review, expansion, and reiteration of the original law given at Sinai.  THEME AND PURPOSE:  Watch yourself lest you…

Jesus is the underlying theme of the entire Bible and specifically the Old Testament. Matthew 5:17 NKJV “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. Matthew 5:17 NLT “Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose. Luke 24:25-27 NKJV Then He said to them, “O…