A commercial on television I have seen a few times features Franklin Graham telling viewers to say a prayer with him.  When he finishes, he tells those praying with him to call a telephone number.  The number is associated with Billy Graham’s ministry, which I assume the son took over.  Because this does not say Franklin Graham Ministry and there have been no tent-revival meeting when Franklin Graham has healed a line of sick people walking across a stage, it says (to me) Fra

A TV preacher said John 3:16 is the most memorized verse of Scripture.  He quoted it as this: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (NIV).  After that, he focused on the English translation word “all,” surmising, “God sent Jesus to die for the sins of everyone.  Not just Christians, but the whole world.” Certainly, that is the way this verse is preached.  It is true that Yahweh (the

Since nobody responded to my first offering of "Shelter in Place" Bible Studies, nobody made any suggestions for what to talk about next. That leaves it up to me to decide. The thought occurred to me that the Word of God is  not  meant to be written so just any bozo can read it and understand what the meaning is.  This, after all, is the foundation upon which sermons are built.  If the words written in the Holy Bible were clearly understandable, Christianity would be 'home sc

Welcome to social distancing Bible Studies. This is a new venture I am trying. Your participation is important, so feel free to ask questions about what the lessons are focusing on. I want to keep the topic as specific as possible, so important elements of Christianity can be explored, one or a few at a time. Whether one wants to believe this or not, Christianity (the religion most Christians confess belief in) is dwindling. The reason is simple: Christians mostly (the vast m

Welcome back to the blog Bible Studies class. I hope you spent the past week thinking about the concept of 'Adam and Eve' being the prototype of Jesus Christ and his living body Church. I hope you also read ahead and went into Genesis 3. You can go ahead and bring up the reference materials on your computers, to Genesis 3 NIV and Bible Hub Interlinear, but let me say some more about the aspect of a "living Church."  I want you to see what I am talking about; and, as we are ab

Let me first make an update on the Bible Studies 3, as a 'current events' kind of thing.  Here is a picture I found shared on Facebook. ...

Well how was your week? I hope it was filled with lots of reading in Genesis 1 and plenty of prayer and reflection as to the points I...

The topic for today is the first chapter of Genesis. With that known, go grab your Bibles or do an Internet search of “Genesis 1” and...

Verse 39 begins with a capitalized Eraunate , which in the second-person becomes an important instruction for “you” to “Investigate” or...

Veres 31 begins with a capitalized Ean , which makes an important statement about that Before,” or announces an “Except”-ion to that...

This series of verses begins with verse 24 stating (once again as capitalized importance), “Truly.”  This says that which follows (as...

In response to the known plots of the “Jews” or Pharisees that could not see the evil they worshiped as motivating their actions, verse...

This section of John’s fifth chapter appears to be Jesus being confronted by the Pharisees (the Judaism police), where he explained the...

In John 5:1-9 we are told of a lame man at the pool of Bethesda.  We translate that the man was going there for “thirty-eight years,” as...

In the Year C of the Episcopal Lectionary, the first nine verses of John’s fifth chapter are read.  After that, nothing is read of this...

In July 2025, in search of some place to expand awareness of this that I have been led to see and share with others, I found that the...

I am now offering a presentation that is entitled The Star of Bethlehem.

The New International Version (NIV) that is read in Episcopal churches says, “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and...

I read a meme that was shared by the Episcopal Church, which took John 21 (verses 15 through 19), and changed Peter to modern American...

A local Baptist minister preached a sermon on television this past Sunday morning, where he referred to Matthew 21:33-40, which is known...