Growing In Grace

The more I study the Bible the more I realize the depths of the treasures that it holds. We will never be able to exhaust it's riches, but we must press on and dig deeper throughout our lives. This word study is another one that shocked me because I had always understood the promise made to Abraham a certain way. I grew up hearing it taught a certain way, and never thought to question it. In fact, in some circles questioning the interpretation that I was taught was taboo (borderline heretical in others). However, if we truly believe the Bible is the Word of God, infallible and authoritative, then we must allow it to change even our most deeply held understandings of things if they can be proven to be untenable. This is one of those beliefs that is often bound up with so much emotion, so I would just ask that you let the Bible speak for itself and then draw your conclusions. Perhaps this will challenge a long held belief, but if this is what the Bible truly says then that belief m...

I have wanted to write on this subject for a while now, but I realize that there are lots of emotional responses that are bound up with hearing about "Replacement" theology. I remember the first time I heard about "Replacement" theology, a well known Bible teacher was booming about it's dangers and how we must support Israel in their pursuit to reclaim the land "that God gave them." At the time, I was far too young in the Lord to understand the full argument that was being made and all that comes with it, and I assumed that no Bible teacher would ever paint a picture of fellow believers that portrayed them to believe something they don't. I was completely naive to the fact that everyone has certain theological positions, and while propagating them, they have a tendency to misrepresent and caricature the other side of the argument. In this post I want to share with you why I believe that those who teach against "Replacement" theology hav...