Reviews of Commentaries on Exodus

It took a long time but I finally got done with teaching my girls through the entire book of Exodus as part of our home Bible study!

I thought it be a good idea to review the Bible commentaries on Exodus that I found helpful!

5 out of 5

Purchase: Westminster | Amazon

Looking for a devotional commentary on Exodus?  I highly recommend this one by Philip Graham Ryken!  It is a massive work (1247 pages!) but don’t let the size scare you; general Christian readers and also Bible teachers will benefit from this book by an esteemed pastor.  The book is an exceptional expositional commentary that is something in the middle between a devotional and an exegetical technical commentary and yet sometimes some of the insights in this book point out great points from the biblical texts that other technical commentaries might have missed.  I recommend this commentary as personal devotional or resources for Bible study leaders, Sunday school teachers and preachers and pastors.

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Reviews of Greg Bahnsen’s Apologetics Trilogy

Readers of this blog over the years will realize Greg Bahnsen has shaped my apologetics method more than others.

I appreciated his lectures and his books.

Of the many books he’s written there’s three that people have called Greg Bahnsen’s trilogy.

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This Sunday at Church: Pray for those who are engaged to be married

This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for those who are engaged to be married.

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How to Teach the Bible Part 1: Interpretation

Establish the need: Do you know how to teach the Bible?  Do you see the responsibility of teaching the Bible?  Even if you will never be a pastor, you might be teaching the Bible in Sunday School, Bible studies, Children’s ministry or as a husband or as a mother to children.  So how do you teach the Bible?

Purpose: Today we shall begin part one of our series of how to teach the Bible focusing specifically with how to interpret the Bible so that we can be faithful to what God’s Word says and teach it accurately.

1. Step 1: Read the Word of God
2. Step 2: Ask questions of the Word of God
3. Step 3: Make observation of the Word of God
4. Step 4: Use Good Resources
5. Step 5: Pray to God for help in all the process

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Bible Contradiction? Did Balaam curse the Israelites?

For today’s post we will tackle the question the Skeptic Annotated Bible asked: Did Balaam curse the Israelites?

Here are the two answers which the skeptic believes shows a Bible contradiction:

Yes

Balaam was hired to curse the Israelites.

“No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, may ever enter the assembly of the Lord, 4 because they did not meet you with food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.” (Deuteronomy 23:3-4)

Balaam cursed the Israelites, but God turned his curse into a blessing.

“Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, rose up and fought against Israel, and he sent messengers and summoned Balaam the son of Beor to curse you. 10 But I was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I saved you from his hand.” (Joshua 24:9-10)

“On that day the Book of Moses was read aloud as the people listened; and there was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite was ever to enter the assembly of God, 2 because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.” (Nehemiah 13:1-2)

No

Balaam refused the curse the Israelites

“And he took up his discourse and said, “From Aram Balak has brought me, Moab’s king from the mountains of the East, saying, ‘Come, declare Jacob cursed for me, And come, curse Israel!’ 8 How am I to put a curse on him upon whom God has not put a curse? And how am I to curse him whom the Lord has not cursed?” (Numbers 23:7-8)

“Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times!” (Numbers 24:10)

(All Scriptural quotation comes from the New American Standard Bible)

Here’s a closer look at whether or not there is a contradiction:

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Presuppositional Apologetics’ Round Up: Third Week of February 2023

Here are the links related to Presuppositional apologetics gathered between February 15th-21st, 2023.

1.) Cave to the Cross Accepting Evidence – Ep.213 – Apologetics By John Frame – Some Methodological Considerations – Part 2

2.) Psalm 69 is Messianic

3.) Human Rights and the Image of God

4.) Bible Contradiction? How many generations were between Levi and Moses?

5.) EPIC Presup Rountable Discussion

6.) Renton Rathbun’ Introduction to Apologetics Lectures

7.) A Charge to Contemporary Apologists

8.) The Skeptic Annotated Bible Getting Hung Up with KJV use of “Unicorns” in the Bible

9.) Ready to Reason

10.) Veritas Domain Facebook Meme

Missed the last round up?  Check out the re-blogged post from a friend

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Psalm 109 is Messianic

Establish the need: Is this Psalm Messianic? Many Bible scholars seems to think it is not, but what about you?

Purpose: In this session we will see three points concerning this Psalm’s Messianic character so that we would be at awe with God.

1. Psalm 109 is Messianic because the New Testament uses it that way
2. Psalm 109 is Messianic because of context of Book 5 of the Psalms
3. Psalm 109 is Messianic because of details within Psalm 109

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The Skeptic Annotated Bible Getting Hung Up with KJV use of “Unicorns” in the Bible

 

The Skeptic Annotated Bible website under the “Science and history” criticism of the book of Psalms notes that the King James Version talk about unicorns.

 

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A Prayer Answered During 2020 Chaos

2020 was a crazy year.

During all the unrest with the riots with George Flyod I started doing something regularly on Twitter: Pray for antifa types and other criminals. I don’t mean protestors; I mean those who were breaking things and hurting people. I would pray for these people by name; or if no names were mentioned I would pray for them according to the details of what they have done.

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This Sunday at Church: Pray for the Residents of East Palestine, Ohio in light of the Train Fire Disaster

This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for the Residents of East Palestine, Ohio in light of the Train Fire Disaster.

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Renton Rathbun’ Introduction to Apologetics Lectures

Dr. Renton is the director of the newly formed Center for Biblical Worldview at Bob Jones University, a professor of Apologetics and an elder of Trinity Presbyterian Church at Spartanburg, SC.

Besides three other degrees he has a Masters in Philosophy, a ThM from Puritan Reformed Thelogical Seminary and a PhD in Apologetics from Westminster Theological Seminary.

There is a series that’s an introduction to apologetics that he taught as Sunday school lessons that’s available on Apple Podcast.

Below are the lessons!

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Bible Contradiction? How many generations were between Levi and Moses?

 

For today’s post we will tackle the question the Skeptic Annotated Bible asked: How many generations were between Levi and Moses?

Here are the two answers which the skeptic believes shows a Bible contradiction:

Three generations

“And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and the length of Levi’s life was 137 years. 17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families. 18 And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; and the length of Kohath’s life was 133 years. 19 And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. 20 Now Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the length of Amram’s life was 137 years.” (Exodus 6:16-20)

“The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.” (1 Chronicles 6:1-3)

“David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 7 Of the Gershonites there were Ladan and Shimei. 8 The sons of Ladan were Jehiel the first, and Zetham and Joel, three. 9 The sons of Shimei were Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ households of Ladan. 10 The sons of Shimei were Jahath, [b]Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. 11 Jahath was the first and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became a father’s household, one group for duty. 12 The sons of Kohath were four in number: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.” (1 Chronicles 23:6-12)

Ten generations

“Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. 23 Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Beriah, because misfortune had come upon his house. 24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built lower and upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah. 25 Rephah was his son along with Resheph, Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Non his son, and Joshua his son.” (1 Chronicles 7:22-27)

(All Scriptural quotation comes from the New American Standard Bible)

Here’s a closer look at whether or not there is a contradiction:

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Mid-February 2023 Presuppositional Apologetics’ Links

Here are the links related to Presuppositional apologetics gathered between February 8th-14th, 2022.

1.) Cave to the Cross’ Apologetics Show: Apologetics As Proof – Ep.212 – Apologetics By John Frame – Some Methodological Considerations – Part 1

2.) Bible Contradiction? Did the men with Paul hear the voice?

3.) Faith in Evolution from Nothing, or in Creation from Nothing?

4.) Outline Teaching on Messianic Prophecies from Old Testament Narratives

5.) Of The Holy Scriptures and Apologetics 3

6.) Psalm 69 is Messianic

7.) Question Evolution Day and Ape-Human Language

8.) Big Questions; Small Sermon #1: Contradiction

9.) HGA Episode 5. Book Review On Van TIl’s Apologetic by Greg Bahnsen

10.) Van Tillian Presuppositionalism: The Consistent Application of Divine Aseity

11.) This Sunday at Church: Talk to someone about the Problems of Evolution

12.) Bahnsen vs Sproul: Deep Dive Debate Review (Part 1)

Missed the last round up?  Check out the re-blogged post from a friend OR that of Another REBLOG HERE 

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Psalm 69 is Messianic

Note: This one took a longer time for me to research and I had to spend two weeks on it; and its also why this is posted so late in the day today!

Establish the need: Is this Psalm Messianic? Many Bible scholars seems to think it is not, but what about you?

Purpose: In this session we will see three points concerning this Psalm’s Messianic character so that we would be at awe with God.

1. Psalm 69 is Messianic because the New Testament uses it that way
2. Psalm 69 is Messianic because of context of Book 2 of the Psalms
3. Psalm 69 is Messianic because of details within Psalm 69

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What are we to think of Exodus 36-39 repetition of Exodus Exodus 26-31?

If you read Exodus you would notice Exodus 36-39 looks almost as a verbatim repetition of Exodus 26-31.

What are we are to make of it?

I have two thoughts, one devotional and another thought with more of an apologetics dimension.

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