One God, One Creator, One Saviour

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.The very first verse in the bible teaches that God created the whole universe. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The term ‘Word’ is a poor English translation of the Greek word logos,…

Why it is impossible that Jesus died on a Friday

It is of popular belief that Jesus died on a Friday, this is because people only take into account one Sabbath day and assume that when the gospels say there is a Sabbath the day after Christs death they assume it is the weekly Sabbath. But it is important to remember there were other Sabbath…

LEB Bible Translation

Most are familiar with the ESV, but few are familiar with the newer, Lexham English Bible. The Lexham English Bible (LEB) began as an interlinear translation before the full English translation was released in 2010. (The LEB works very well with LOGOS Bible Software as it has the Greek interlinear together with the English translation…

Author of Sin or Ultimate Cause? Is there a difference?

An Author is often thought of one who writes the script that is the direct and sole cause of all things that occur within the book. If the author wanted to write about an evil act that we would consider a herronous crime and sins e.g. a husband murdering his wife, then it is the…

The week of Jesus’ death and resurrection

Timeline 32 A.D. Holy Week 10th Nisan to 17th Nisan Sunday Nisan 10: Jesus triumphant entry into Jerusalem 5 days before the Passover– Daniel prophesy fulfilled – see more info on the fulfilment of the prophesy here Seventy Weeks[1] Selection of paschal lamb for Passover, symbolically Jesus was selected as our paschal lamb who is…

May Women Speak in Church?

I’ve written this for the benefit of my friends so that they may understand my thoughts and theological perspective on the topic. Part 1. Personally I hate what many churches accept as appropriate that women are permitted to do and in recent times my church has come to accept women being able to publicly read…

Who is to receive water baptism?

Some churches baptise infants and others do not, so who is doing the right thing? Should we baptise infants or should we not? Firstly we should explain what baptism is, below is the Heidelberg Catechism teaching of Baptism which will help us understand what it is before we get to the question who should receive…