Equipping Christians to become disciples
We can get ourselves into an awful mess by not knowing how to interpret the Bible. However, we can avoid most of those problems by adopting the following approach as our starting point. This is often referred to as “the golden rule”. That is to …
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Underneath each Bible quotation I put what is called a “reference”. For example, at the beginning of this chapter there is a quotation, i.e. 2 Timothy 3:16-17. That means verses 16 and 17 from chapter three of apostle Paul’s second letter to a man called …
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One amazing thing the Bible does is to tell us about the future. A very high percentage of the Bible consists of prophecy. God does this for a number of reasons. Firstly, he wants us to understand what lies ahead so that we can be …
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The Bible consists of 66 separate books or letters written by 40 different men, starting with Moses in about 1,500 BC. He wrote the first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. These five books are, together, called “The Law of Moses” …
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16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV) For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any …
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So, if you assume that you are a Christian already, I would urge you to think carefully as to whether you really are. Try the quiz type questions in chapter 19. They are designed to help you work out whether you are a real Christian …
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This website, and in particular this first book, is written so as to be understandable by those who have never been in a church or heard anything of the gospel. However, it is also intended for people who are already involved in churches and who …
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However, it will not be easy. The Devil is real. So are the demons who serve him. They will do everything they can to confuse you and to blind your eyes spiritually. They want to prevent you reading this book at all. If they can’t …
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In writing this first book and indeed, all the other books in this series, I have no desire to offend anyone. I have gone out of my way to try to avoid doing so. However, real Christianity, when understood correctly, is unavoidably offensive. It confronts …
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