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Posted by David Carroll
Daniel 1:5 (NKJV)And the king appointed for them a daily provision of the king's delicacies and of the wine which he drank, and three years of training for them, so that at the end of that time they might serve before the king.Daniel and his three friends have been enrolled in the Babylon MBA program where they are treated to the best the world could offer in modern education, luxurious room and board, and job waiting for them in the highest positions of government. Keep in mind, as great as this sounds, it is in reality an indoctrination program designed
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Posted by David Carroll
I should have known it but I was amazed at how much criticism there is of the book of Daniel regarding its authenticity. Skeptical critics gone to great effort to discredit Daniel. Why is this? The higher critics using textual analysis say that Daniel must have been written after the desecration of the temple in 167 B.C. when Antiochus Epiphanes entered the Temple in Jerusalem, erected a altar to Zeus and sacrificed a pig on it. This event was so accurately described in the book of Daniel that the critics say it must have been written by a eye witness
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Posted by David Carroll
I remember being introduced to the book of Daniel shortly after I became a Christian when I read Hal Lindsey's book, The Late Great Planet Earth. The startling prophecy of Daniel Chapter nine gave me a thrill.If God has the ability to create us then certainly he also has the ability to get a message to us. The question is, how does he authenticate that message? Prophecy, basically writing history ahead of time. To help understand such a phenomenon, I've heard the example given of a parade. On the street you can only see the float right in front of
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Posted by David Carroll
Is there a reason why God would have chosen the Hebrew and Greek languages to communicate His word to us? Investigating this, I found out that Hebrew and Greek are very different from each other. Is there a reason why Hebrew was particularly suited for the Old Testament and Greek for the New Testament? It turns out there are some very good traits of each language that are well suited for the differing purpose of God's revelation in the two major parts of our Bible.Hebrew is a very pictorial language, using vivid, bold metaphors. A Hebrew speaking person thinks in
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Posted by David Carroll
2 Timothy 3:16 (NKJV)All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,If you argue that the Bible just contains the word of God as opposed to fully being the word of God then you need to decide which parts are and are not. Suddenly man is the editor. This would make the Bible as untrustworthy as man.The Greek word for inspiration in the above verse means God out-breathed. The Bible is God's word. Paul is not just referring to the Old Testament either when he says "All Scripture."Let's
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Posted by David Carroll
In a recent series on "How we got our Bible" that I am teaching for my Bible Fellowship Class, we talked about the authority of scripture and why it is under attack.There is an authority crisis in our country today. Parental, marital, political, academic, ecclesiastical authority are all being challenged. A disturbing trend in morality indicators began in 1963. Divorce, acceptance of homosexuality, school discipline problems, teenage pregnancies, abortion, crime rates all began to decline. What happened in 1963? Prayer was taken out of public schools. In fact all religious influence was removed from any state sponsored institution.Basically there are
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