How much do you know about the book of Nahum in the Old Testament portion of the Bible?
Below are the links to download the audio MP3 files of a multiple part series going through the book of Nahum!
Posted in Bible, bible study, Book of Jonah Exposition, Christianity, Evangelism, Nahum, tagged Bible, Christianity, God, Nahum, Reformed, Theology on December 5, 2022| 17 Comments »
How much do you know about the book of Nahum in the Old Testament portion of the Bible?
Below are the links to download the audio MP3 files of a multiple part series going through the book of Nahum!
Posted in Bible, christian apologetics, Evangelism, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Quran on September 19, 2022| 23 Comments »
In a previous post “Revealed Apologetics Interview on The Old Testament & the Philosophy of Evidence” among the things talked about with the Old Testament as the worldview lens which we interpret the action of Jesus as being the Messiah is how environment/geography gives us clues that Jesus is the Messiah.
I want to give further details with that.
Posted in Bible, christian apologetics, Evangelism, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Quran on August 17, 2022| 32 Comments »
Purpose: We will consider three truths about the Old Testament as the lens to interpret Jesus as the Messiah.
Posted in Bible, christian apologetics, Evangelism, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Quran on August 10, 2022| 35 Comments »
Establish the need: Did Jesus exist?
Purpose: We will consider four reasons why we know Jesus existed in history.
Posted in Bible, christian apologetics, Evangelism, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Quran on August 3, 2022| 25 Comments »
Establish the need: If someone Jewish or others say they don’t think there is a need for the New Testament as long as you have the Old Testament, what do you say?
Purpose: We will consider six reasons based upon the Old Testament to argue for the need of the New Testament.
Posted in Bible, christian apologetics, Evangelism, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Quran on June 29, 2022| 27 Comments »
Establish the need: How do we give evidence as a Presuppositionalist?
Purpose: We will consider four points concerning giving evidence presuppositionally.
Posted in Bible, christian apologetics, Evangelism, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Quran on June 22, 2022| 23 Comments »
We will in future sessions cover historical aspects of apologetics so this is an important introduction.
Establish the need: What is the relationship between history and Christianity? Does Christianity depend on history and does history itself depend on the Biblical worldview?
Purpose: We will look at four focus to help us think about the relationship between history and a Biblical worldview.
Posted in Bible, christian apologetics, Evangelism, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Quran on June 1, 2022| 33 Comments »
Establish the need: How do we witness to Muslim?
Purpose: In this session we will give a guide for the Christian of how to defend the faith when it comes to the concerns of Islam, so that you can be an effective witness to your Muslim friend.
Posted in Apologetics, christian apologetics, Christianity, Evangelism, feminist theology, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, Witnessing on April 23, 2022| 39 Comments »
Someone shared his reading from a book that does not like identifying God as masculine:
Posted in Bible, bible study, Book of Jonah Exposition, Christianity, Evangelism, Nahum, tagged Bible, Christianity, God, Nahum, Reformed, Theology on March 28, 2022| 22 Comments »
I enjoyed teaching through the book of Nahum for the last few weeks/months.
I appreciate all those who prayed, listened, read and showed support and also insights into the passage!
Below are the table of contents to the outline to the lessons!
Posted in Bible, bible study, Book of Jonah Exposition, Christianity, Evangelism, Nahum, tagged Bible, Christianity, God, Nahum, Reformed, Theology on March 16, 2022| 23 Comments »
Last installment: Part 9: Military Taunts
Nahum 3:15b-19
Multiply yourself like the creeping locust, Multiply yourself like the migratory locust. 16 You have made your traders more numerous than the stars of heaven— The creeping locust sheds its skin and flies away. 17 Your courtiers are like the migratory locust. Your officials are like a swarm of locusts Settling in the stone shelters on a cold day. The sun rises and they flee, And the place where they are is not known. 18 Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria; Your officers are lying down. Your people are scattered on the mountains And there is no one to gather them. 19 There is no relief for your collapse, Your wound is incurable. All who hear [j]about you Will clap their hands over you, For upon whom has your evil not come continually?
Purpose: We will see two prediction that shows God’s Word is true and we submit to His authority.
Posted in Bible, bible study, Book of Jonah Exposition, Christianity, Evangelism, Nahum, tagged Bible, Christianity, God, Nahum, Reformed, Theology on March 9, 2022| 27 Comments »
Last installment: Part 8: A Tale of Two Cities
Nahum 312-15a
Establish the need: Have you know guys in the military that like to brag?
All your fortifications are fig trees with ripe fruit— When shaken, they fall into the eater’s mouth. 13 Behold, your people are women in your midst! The gates of your land are opened wide to your enemies; Fire consumes your gate bars. 14 Draw for yourself water for a siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Take hold of the brick mold! 15 There fire will consume you, The sword will cut you down; It will consume you as the creeping locust consumes a crop. Multiply yourself like the creeping locust, Multiply yourself like the migratory locust.
Purpose: We will see two points that shows God predicting Assyria’s fall so that we believe God’s Word with what it says and submit to His authority.
Context
Posted in Bible, bible study, Book of Jonah Exposition, Christianity, Evangelism, Nahum, tagged Bible, Christianity, God, Nahum, Reformed, Theology on March 2, 2022| 26 Comments »
Last installment: Part 7: The Heinous Sins of Nineveh
Nahum 3:8-11
Establish the need: Will evil countries and evil leaders get away with their sins?
Are you better than No-amon, Which was situated by the canals of the Nile, With water surrounding her, Whose rampart was the sea, Whose wall consisted of the sea? 9 Ethiopia was her might, Egypt too, without limits. Put and Lubim were among her helpers. 10 Yet she became an exile, She went into captivity; Also her small children were smashed to pieces At the head of every street; They cast lots for her honorable men, And all her great men were bound with shackles. 11 You too will become drunk, You will be hidden. You too will search for a refuge from the enemy.
Purpose: We need to know three condemnation God bring against Nineveh and its result so that we desire to see God’s deliverance and also destruction of the wicked.
Context
Posted in Bible, bible study, Book of Jonah Exposition, Christianity, Evangelism, Nahum, tagged Bible, Christianity, God, Nahum, Reformed, Theology on February 23, 2022| 31 Comments »
Last installment: Part 6: The Shepherd Versus the Lion
Nahum 3:1-7
Establish the need: The world is filled with stories of dark heavy sins. Be warned, this passage we will look at involves some dark and heavy sins. And from this we know that God condemns them and He is one day going to have a day of reckoning for those who commit vile sins.
Woe to the bloody city, completely full of lies and pillage; Her prey does not leave. 2 The sound of the whip, The sound of the roar of the wheel, Galloping horses And bounding chariots! 3 Horsemen charging, Swords flashing, spears gleaming, Many killed, a mass of corpses, And there is no end to the dead bodies— They stumble over the dead bodies! 4 All because of the many sexual acts of the prostitute, The charming one, the mistress of sorceries, Who sells nations by her sexual acts, And families by her sorceries. 5 “Behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord of armies; “And I will lift up your skirts over your face, And show the nations your nakedness, And the kingdoms your shame. 6 I will throw filth on you And declare you worthless, And set you up as a spectacle. 7 And it will come about that all who see you Will shrink from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated! Who will have sympathy for her?’ Where shall I seek comforters for you?”
Purpose: We need to know three condemnation God bring against Nineveh and its result so that we desire to see God’s deliverance and also destruction of the wicked.
Context
Posted in Bible, bible study, Book of Jonah Exposition, Christianity, Evangelism, Nahum, tagged Bible, Christianity, God, Nahum, Reformed, Theology on February 16, 2022| 32 Comments »
Last installment: Part 5: Nineveh’s Inevitable Fall
Nahum 2:11-13
Establish the need: In light of God’s enemies being described as lions, who will you turn to when God’s enemies are active? Is there a Shepherd that can take on these lions?
11 Where is the den of the lions And the feeding place of the young lions, Where the lion, lioness, and lion’s cub went With nothing to disturb them? 12 The lion tore enough for his cubs, Killed enough prey for his lionesses, And filled his lairs with prey And his dens with torn flesh. 13 “Behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord of armies. “I will burn up her chariots in smoke, and a sword will devour your young lions; I will eliminate your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers be heard.”
Purpose: We need to know three focus of God’s prophecy concerning Nineveh’s fall so that we desire to see God’s deliverance and also destruction of the wicked.
Review: Last week we saw three focus of God’s prophecy concerning Nineveh’s fall so that we desire to see God’s deliverance and also destruction of the wicked.
Context
While other portions of the book so far seems to be more direct prophecies here we see symbolic prophecies using the imagery/motif of lions.