by God is Love | Nov 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
In this installment Critical Thinking Aloud we are going to continue in our series on What is the Bible by looking at the ancient biblical authors view of Heaven. So far in this series we have noted that the Bible is an ancient Near Eastern collection of literature....
by God is Love | Nov 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
His Ways are Better Than Our Ways! God chose the ancient Near East with their own culture’s worldview and cosmology to communicate His truths to people, not our modern post enlightment culture. We must embrace the fact that God in His wisdom thought it fitting...
by God is Love | Nov 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Bible was given to teach us theology not science. We must remember that the Biblical authors are writing in an unenlightened world. The goal of their works was not to validate our scientific conceptions but to teach us theology. When we use the Bible to prove our...
by God is Love | Nov 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
It helps us to remember that every one of the ancient Near Eastern cultures shared the same cosmological worldview as the Biblical authors. They believed in a three-tiered cosmology consisting of a vaulted or domed sky/heavens, a flat Earth, and a watery...
by God is Love | Nov 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
To find out what the Biblical authors believed about their cosmological perceptions of the universe we must look back into their culture. If we can learn about what the surrounding nations in the ancient Near East believed it will help us to better understand what...
