Why Do My Catholic Friends Have Different Books in their Bible – The Apocrypha and the Canon
Posted February 24th, 2021 by Mike Hubbard
Recently had one of our church members ask me about the books that are included in the Bible. The question was this, I just realized that I have a “Good News Translation with Deuterocanonicals” Bible. So it includes 1 and 2 Maccabees, Esther, Wisdom and more. I just listened to a catholic author reference 1 […]
Posted in Apologetics, Biblical Interpretation, Christian History | Tags: Canon of Scripture
Coffee Mugs and Context – Part 3
Posted January 18th, 2018 by Mike Hubbard
This is the third part of a series of blog posts I have written addressing the ways that we use Scripture, and specifically the fact that often the passages we use for our life verses can be ripped from their context and used in ways that are actually opposite of the intended meaning of the […]
Posted in Biblical Interpretation, The Bible | Tags: intepreting Scripture, Reliability of the Bible
Coffee Mugs and Context – Part 2
Posted January 12th, 2018 by Mike Hubbard
The other day I published a blog post about a Tweet of Isaiah 45:3 and the comments following. It raised a bit of a concern that I wanted to address. As I was writing, I realized that it would be better if I broke my thoughts up into a few different posts. My goal is […]
Posted in Biblical Interpretation, The Bible | Tags: Reliability of the Bible, Scripture
Coffee Mugs and Context – Part 1
Posted January 10th, 2018 by Mike Hubbard
As I was trolling Twitter I came across a Tweet from a pastor that I have long respected (and I still do). The post was fairly simple, he posted the text of Isaiah 45:3, which reads: I will give you the treasures of darkness and the hoards in secret places, that you may know that […]
Posted in Biblical Interpretation, The Bible, Theological issues | Tags: Prophecy in the Bible, Reliability of the Bible