Teaching on Historical Figures Like Scripture Does – Part Four
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
In closing our case study on the life of Moses, one final analysis remains: what was the impact of his life on history, and how are we to remember him? As you can probably guess, the Bible gives us a pattern for how we can accurately and truthfully judge the merits and follies of
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Teaching on Historical Figures Like Scripture Does – Part Three
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
The Life of Moses: Race and Pace in Storytelling Not only does scriptural history teach us about the hearts of the men and women God used to make history, it also employs a mechanism known to storytellers as race and pace. Race and pace is the rhythm of a story. For example, in the
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Teaching on Historical Figures Like Scripture Does – Part Two
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
After acquainting us with Moses’ world, he makes his debut on the scriptural pages. As our man takes the stage, the Bible utilizes several storytelling mechanisms that set it apart from traditional methods of teaching history. Tell me the story or tell me the facts Getting barebone facts of history is not a problem
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Teaching The Tragedies of History Like Scripture Does – Part Two
Tuesday, 24 July 2018
Just as Genesis 3 reveals why our world is now broken, it also describes the consequences of man’s sin against God. “Unto the woman he [God] said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall
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Teaching The Tragedies of History Like Scripture Does – Part One
Monday, 23 July 2018
When Sin, Sorrow and Death Entered History “If God is good, why does He allow evil and suffering?” Evil and suffering are realities that students of history will cringe over, time and time again. Our hearts truly should go out in compassion to secular historians; they see no hope and no redemption in the
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The Conflict Between Biblical and Humanistic History – Part 2
Friday, 13 July 2018
Just as history has a purpose, it also has a promise. The seeds sown by previous generations always bear sweet or bitter fruit for their descendants. We are responsible for tomorrow’s history. Yet, even in man’s freewill choices, God remains sovereign in guiding the affairs of men, a mystery we find fully revealed in
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The Conflict Between Biblical and Humanistic History – Part 1
Thursday, 12 July 2018
Ten years later, my naivety makes me smile. As a young student of history, I confidently thought history was one subject I could read without being tainted by author bias. How can you skew, misinterpret or worse, intentionally lie about events sealed in the past? Sadly, it didn’t take long for me to lose
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