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Abortion and Proverbs 24:11

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On the misuse of Proverbs 24:11 in the present Pro-life crusade. If you want a transcript of this video, or have a question, email me by clicking here . Thanks for watching, and God bless.

When Must These Things Come to Pass?

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How the literary device known as "inclusio" is used by the author of the Book of Revelation to emphasize the imminence statements he placed in his prologue. If you want a transcript of this video, or have a question, email me by clicking here . Thanks for watching, and God bless.

Biblical Mythbusting Update

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Update on my upcoming Bible study series. In January, I posted the outline for a short series of seven “mythbusting” Bible studies at Remuera Baptist Church . As everyone knows, since then the entire world had a collective meltdown, turning 2020 into a year no one will ever forget (unless something even more dire occurs next year; which we’re all praying hard won’t). The effects of the Great Lockdown are still being felt here in New Zealand, even though we’ve been more or less out of lockdown since the beginning of May. I know that Sandy and I are still combatting an unusual reluctance to re-engage with the outside world the way we used to. This inability to get back into things has naturally affected my Bible Study preparations. In fact, today is the first day since Lockdown that I’ve felt any kind of excitement about teaching again!

Jesus Ruined the Wedding at Cana

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When Jesus changed ritual water into superior wine at the Wedding at Cana, he did the exact opposite of saving the wedding. This is a video taking a sound exegetical look at John 2:1–10. NOTE: A longer exegetical essay suporting the conclusions made in this video can be seen by following this link: The First of the Signs. If you want a transcript of this video, or have a question, email me by clicking here . Thanks for watching, and God bless.

The Devil of the Details

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Hard work can't overcome poor skills. This is a video deconstructing Bible Scribe's interpretive method in his "Who is Satan?" video series. If you want a transcript of this video, or have a question, email me by clicking here . Thanks for watching, and God bless.

I Can Do All Things Video

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When your application deforms your interpretation. This is a video examining three takes on Philippians 4:11–13. The Transcript (narration only) WELCOME to the outrageously popular CHRISTIAN THEOLOGIST channel, where reason and sound exegesis are used to highlight faulty doctrine and practice in the contemporary, English-speaking Church. The title of this video is taken from the first clause in Philippians 4:13 – “I Can Do All Things.”

The Death of Jesus Video

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Another Easter video on the Xian Theologist YouTube channel. This is a reworking of the Stations of the Cross video Sandy and I both did for RBC . The Transcript WELCOME to the outrageously popular CHRISTIAN THEOLOGIST channel, where reason and sound exegesis are used to highlight faulty doctrine and practice in the contemporary, English-speaking Church. The title of this video is “The Death of Jesus in Mark 15,” and the underlying passage is found in Mark 15:33–39.

The Daughters of Jerusalem Video

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An Easter video on the YouTube channel. This is a reworking of the Stations of the Cross video I did for RBC . The Transcript WELCOME to the outrageously popular CHRISTIAN THEOLOGIST channel, where reason and sound exegesis are used to highlight faulty doctrine and practice in the contemporary, English-speaking Church. The title of this video is “The Daughters of Jerusalem in Luke 23.” The verses we’ll be dealing with are 27 to 31.

Another Christian Theologist Vlogpost

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Another drop from that new Youtube channel. This chap still sounds particularly astute and erudite. The Transcript WELCOME to the outrageously popular CHRISTIAN THEOLOGIST channel, where reason and sound exegesis are used to highlight faulty doctrine and practice in the contemporary, English-speaking Church. The title of this video is “A Little Look at a Big Question: The disciples’ precursor query to the Olivet Discourse.”

The Christian Theologist Speaks

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A new Youtube channel appears. This chap sounds particularly astute and erudite. The Transcript WELCOME to the outrageously popular CHRISTIAN THEOLOGIST channel, where reason and sound exegesis are used to highlight faulty doctrine and practice in the contemporary, English-speaking Church. The title of this video is “Evangelism and Mark 16:15.”

A Little Look at a Big Question

Grow camp 2020 a little look at a big question from Jim Kerr

Biblical Mythbusting

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Proposal for a new Bible study series. Over the last 10+ years of church attendance, I have encountered a bewildering number of unsound and ill-informed presuppositions about the character and nature of the Bible being held by even the most mature Christian members, laity and leadership alike, that have resulted in terrible misinterpretations and misapplications of Scripture. Only half-jokingly, I refer to these misapprehensions collectively as “myths.” In an effort to dispel some of these myths, and the presuppositions that support them, I proposed taking a short series of seven “mythbusting” Bible studies at my church, RBC , starting in March or April of this year.