Resources for a Biblical Worldview

Resources for a Biblical Worldview

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Purpose of this page & table of contents



The Bible is true and God can be trusted. The Bible is the word of God, treat it as such. This page is a single reference to help me remember what the Bible has to say about many things and is my personal, original, attempt to pursue truth wherever it takes me. All text I have added (like section titles and conclusions) is just to get you thinking about the context in which to think about the verses. To read more about why I made this, or to contact me (please do), click here.

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Keywords
Controversial Topics
· Abortion
· Absolute Truth
· Baptism
· Burial
· Capitol punishment
· It maters what church/denomination you go to
· Correcting Christians when they are wrong
· Dinosaurs living with humans
· Fear God alone
· Fear no one besides God
· Follow your heart
· Freedom of decision making/choice
· Gambling
· Government submission
· Guardian angels
· Health & wealth
· Holy war
· Homosexuality
· Jesus is the only way to God/Heaven
· Living together before/outside of marriage
· "Losing" your salvation
· Natural state of man
· One man can make a difference
· Is God a pacafist?
· Should we be pacafists?
· Pleasing God by being good
· Purgatory
· Racism
· Reincarnation
· Tithing
· The Trinity
· Universal Rage
· How should we worship?
· What day do we worship on?
· Why is there evil in the world?
Complex Topics
· Meaning of Life
· Wisdom
· Worth Ethic
 · Money
· Husbands
· Wives
· Parents
· Kids
· God/humans
· God
· Satan
Connecting the Dots
· Stories we should all learn in Sunday school
· Lead roles (supporting)
· Great speaches
· Visions
· Angelic interactions
· What is it like to be an angel?
· What do the angels say about God?
· The promises of God
· Descriptons of God/Seeing God
· Seeing is (not) believing
· Salvation
· God loves everyone (not just Jews/Christians)
· God hates religion (hypocracy)
· When God...
· What did the prophets say about Jesus?
· What does Jesus say about himself?
· What did the apostles say about Jesus?
· What does the Bible say about itself?
· One book perhaps more important than the Bible
· Contradictory perceptions of God
· Spiritual gifts
· Diet/nutrition
· Stories where animals played a significant role
· Warnings
· Things to remember
· Correct attitude toward inevitable suffering
· The burden of being stronger
· God fights for Israel
· National accountability/leadership
· Women of the Bible
· Cavemen of the Bible
· Kinds of people God uses
 · We should be like children, but not babies
· How would history be different if...
· Do we automatically go to hell if we do not know Jesus?
· The law, faith and deeds
· Do not be lazy, act on your faith
· The invisible, supernatural world right in our face
· Unusual life & death stories
· More unusual stories
· More one liners worth remembering
· Miracles just for the sake of God's glory
· Good examples of voluntarily giving God glory in public
· Anomalies
· Foreign customs to 21st century "westerners"
· Acknowledged blatant violations by the modern church
· Judging (not judgement)
· End times
· Future times
Differentiations
· Questioning vs Doubting God
· Summary highlights of how "to be or not to be"
· To be or not to be content
· Jesus: Lion and Lamb
Closer Looks
· Ahead of science
· Origin of traditions
· The 10 Commandments
· Special numbers to the Hebrews/Israelites/Jews
· Breakdown of Proverbs
· Seven days of creation
· Genesis: the origin of...
· My brief outline of Genesis
My personal outline of Revelation
All Book Summary
Extensions
· Extended History
· Translations
· Terminology
· Trivia
· Maps
· Links




Keywords



Keyword Verses (in NIV translation) Bad Neutral Good My Comments
Angel or Angels

287 occurances

      These are the messengers of God, so of course they are good (see two additional sections on angels below)
Dance

JOB 21:11, ECC 3:4, SS 6:13, JER 31:4, JER 31:13, MT 11:17, LK 7:32

0 3 4 See also "danced, dancing"
Danced

1SA 18:72, SA 6:14, 1KI 18:26, MT 14:6, MK 6:22

0 4 1 See also "dance, dancing"
Dancing

EX 15:20, EX 32:19, JDG 11:34, JDG 21:21, JDG 21:23, 1SA 18:6, 2SA 6:16, 1CH 15:29, PS 30:11, PS 149:3, PS 150:4, LA 5:15, LK 15:25

0 4 9 See also "dance, danced"
Demon or Demons

73 occurances

      These are angels who "turned to the dark side", so of course are bad
Discipline or Disciplined

DT 4:36, DT 11:2, DT 21:18, JOB 5:17, PS 6:1, PS 38:1, PS 39:11, PS 94:10-12, PR 1:2-3,7, PR 3:11-12, PR 5:12,23, PR 6:23, PR 10:17, PR 12:1, PR 13:18,24, PR 15:5,10,32, PR 19:18, PR 22:15, PR 23:13,23, PR 29:17, ISA 26:16, JER 17:23, JER 30:11, JER 31:18, JER 32:33, JER 46:28, HOS 5:2, 1CO 11:32, 2TI 1:7, TIT 1:8, HEB 12:5-11, REV 3:19

0 9 37 1. ability to postpone pleasure
2. punishment that corrects character
Divination

GE 30:27, GE 44:5, GE 44:15, LEV 19:26, NU 22:7, NU 23:23, DT 18:10, DT 18:14, JOS 13:22, 1SA 15:23, 2KI 17:17, 2KI 21:6, 2CH 33:6, ISA 2:6, EZE 13:23, MIC 3:6

10 5 0 See also "magic, sorcery, witchcraft" and perhaps ECC 7:14
Divorce

DT 22:13-19, DT 22:28-29, DT 24:1-4, ISA 50:1, JER 3:8, MAL 2:13-16, MT 1:19, MT 5:31-32, MT 19:3-12, MK 10:2-12, LK 16:18, 1CO 7

7 5 0 This is an abomination with few specific exceptions, see also NE 13:23-27, PR 6:32, MT 5:27-28, RO 7:1-3 and HEB 13:4
Drunkenness

ECC 10:17, JER 13:13, EZE 23:33, LK 21:34, RO 13:13, GAL 5:211, TI 3:3, TIT 1:7, 1PE 4:3

10 0 0 See also PR 20:1, PR 21:17, PR 23:20-21,29-35, PR 31:4-7, ISA 5:22, HOS 4:11, HAB 2:15, LK 12:42-47, EPH 5:18 and 1TH 5:7-8
Homosexual

1CO 6:9

1 0 0 See also "relations" and controversial topic below
Lust

PR 6:25, ISA 57:5, EZE 20:30, EZE 23:8, EZE 23:11, EZE 23:17, NA 3:4, RO 1:27, EPH 4:19, COL 3:5, 1TH 4:51, PE 4:31, JN 2:16

14 0 0 See also "perversion, relations, sex"
Magic

ISA 47:12, EZE 13:18, EZE 13:20, AC 8:11, REV 9:21, REV 18:23, REV 21:8, REV 22:15

6 2 0 See also "divination, sorcery, witchcraft"
Perversion

LEV 18:23, LEV 20:12, RO 1:27, JUDE 1:7

4 0 0 See also "lust, relations, sex"
Relations

EX 19:15, EX 22:19, LEV 18:6-23, LEV 20:15-19, DT 27:21, JDG 4:17, 1KI 1:4, 1KI 5:12, RO 1:26, RO 1:27, 2CO 1:12

25 2 3 See also "homosexual, lust, perversion, sex"
Sex or Sexual

GE 19:5, EX 19:15, EX 22:19, LEV 18 - 20, NU 25:1, DT 27:21, JDG 19:22, MT 15:19, MK 7:21, AC 15:20, AC 15:29, AC 21:25, RO 1:24, RO 13:13, 1CO 5:1, 1CO 6:13, 1CO 6:18, 1CO 10:8, 2CO 12:21, GAL 5:19, EPH 5:3, COL 3:5, 1TH 4:3, JUDE 1:7, REV 2:14, REV 2:20, REV 9:21

26 1 0 See also "homosexual, lust, perversion, relations"
Sorcery

LEV 19:26, NU 23:23, NU 24:1, DT 18:10, DT 18:14, 2KI 17:17, 2KI 21:6, 2CH 33:6, AC 8:9, AC 19:19

7 3 0 See also "divination, magic, witchcraft, sorcerers"
Sorcerer, Sorcerers 
or Sorceress

EX 7:11, EX 22:18, ISA 57:3, JER 27:9, DA 2:2, MAL 3:5, AC 13:6, AC 13:8

6 2 0 See also "divination, magic, witchcraft, sorcery"
Tattoo

LEV 19:28

1 0 0 Does Jesus have one or two in REV 19:11-16 (or could they just be on his 'clothes')?
Witchcraft

DT 18:10, 2KI 9:22, 2CH 33:6, MIC 5:12, NA 3:4, GAL 5:20

6 0 0 See also "divination, magic, sorcery"
Specific words not found in the NIV translation of the Holy Bible: Abortion, Bible, Gamble, Reincarnation, Theocracy, Trinity



Controversial Topics



Topic Verses My Conclusion
Abortion EX 1:15-21, DT 5:17, ECC 11:5, JER 1:5, PS 51:5 This word is not technically found in the NIV translation but clear instruction is given about life and death (murder). If you read the 32 references to conceive, conceived and conception you see the strong indications that human life begins at conception, not birth nor some other arbitrary time after that. Clearly abortion is wrong and the child, if unwanted, should instead be given up for adoption at birth. As is the case with all sin, if has already been done then it cannot be undone but you can repent (reverse your opinion) and encourage others of this truth so that they do not make the same mistake. This encouragement is not "make up" for sin because God loves us no matter what we have done (if we repent) this good deed of encouraging others is simply the right thing to do.
Absolute Truth GE 2:16-17, JN 4:23-24, JN 8:44, JN 18:33-38, ... The 21st century exists in "post modernity", where the lies of "modernity" have seriously revolted people, so truth is now considered relative. However relativism is just another lie, otherwise the tree of the knowledge of good & evil would not make sense, nor would Jesus' teaching, and Satan would not be referred to as the opposite. The word "truth" shows up 15 times in Psalms, just over a hundred in the gospels, and another hundred times in the remaining books. Besides, you would sure hope your surgeon, chef, or banker believes in absolute truth. It is only your pride that makes you think you can get away without it.
Baptism MT 28:18-20, MK 16:16, AC 2:38, AC 8:16-17, AC 10:44-48, AC 16:29-34, EPH 2:8-9, COL 2:11-12, 1PE 3:21, 1JN 5:7-9 Not salvific but modeled by Jesus so highly recommended.
Burial GE 3:19, DT 21:22-23 I am not really clear why this is so important, the only references are more of an implication than a specific command.
Capitol punishment (the death penalty) GE 9:5-6, EX 21:17, EX 22:18-20, LEV 20:2, LEV 20:9, LEV 20:27, LEV 24:14, LEV 24:16, LEV 27:29, NU 15:35, DT 13:10, DT 18:20-21, DT 21:21, DT 22:21, DT 22:24, 1KI 21:10, PR 24:11-12, PR 28:17, MT 15:4, AC 5:1-10 Recurring theme of "you must purge the evil" proves God is definitely for it. The command "must be put to death" can be found 30 more times and "do not spare" five more times. Note that the one time Jesus quotes one of these Old Testament verses He does not "update" it to be more lenient but instead expands upon it. Note that God is punishing blatant disobedience not simply mean nor showing favorites. Of course how this is carried out and by who after you put the government in charge, that is a different issue.
It maters what church/denomination you go to (esp. for salvation) MK 9:38-41, AC 11:1-18, AC 15:1-31 This is a rediculous, dogmatic, prideful opinion that people add to their religion. There is a huge difference between what God/Lord you believe in and what human leadership/fellowship you belong to. The orthodox church tried that (and in many cases continues to) hundreds of years ago and the Jews tried it before them, but God said no then and he still says no now.
Correcting Christians when they are wrong PS 141:4-5, PR 12:1, PR 25:9-13, PR 27:6,9,17, PR 28:23, PR 29:1, MT 18:15-17, GAL 6:1-2, PHI 3:15-16, 2TH 3:14-15, 1TI 5:19-20, 2TI 2:23-25, 2TI 4:2, 1JN 5:16-17, TIT 3:10-11 We can all be wrong sometime, but correct in love.
Dinosaurs living with humans GE 1:24-28, JOB 40:15-24, JOB 41:1-34, PS 74:13-14, PS 91:13, ISA 27:1, ISA 30:6, JER 51:34 If land animals and Adam were created together on day 6, of course it was true. Why would all these references be nonchalantly included if they were not real?
Fear God alone GE 22:12, EX 20:20, DT 6:1-3, DT 10:12, DT 31:12-13, JOS 4:23-24, 2SA 23:3-4, 2CH 26:3-5, NE 5:9, JOB 28:28, PS 25:14, PS 34:7, PS 103:13, PS 110:10, PS 112:1, PS 128, PS 130:3-4, PS 147:11, PR 1:7, PR 3:7, PR 14:27, PR 29:25, ECC 12:13, ISA 8:12-13, JER 5:21-25, 1PE 2:17, 1JN 4:18, REV 14:7 If you read all these verses, or even just 1JN 4:18 and PR 1:7, before reading this conclusion, at least if you have a critical heart, you may be saying "ah ha, here is a perfect example of how contradictory the Bible is!" However the explanation is: what you fear establishes the boundaries of your freedom. Moses explained why we should do this (EX 20:20) and God both gives us the original warning in GE 4:7 and assures us of His intent for us in JER 29:11. (There are over two hundred references to fearing God or fearing the Lord, these are just some highlights)
Fear no one besides God PS 118:6, RO 8:30-39, ... There is no need to fear anyone or anything but God, even death. For to follow Jesus means we die up front so that we can truly live.
Follow your heart PR 4:23, ECC 11:9, JER 17:9-10, ... Considering the natural state of man (see below), we should lead our heart rather than follow it.
Freedom of decision making/choice GE 2:16-17, PR 1:32-33, ECC 11:9, RO 6:16, JAM 4:11 There are two kinds of freedoms: 1. freedom to gratify the now, 2. freedom to live a long peaceful life, the two are often incompatible, hence the need for discipline (see keyword review above). God always prefers us to choose the later but he still gives us the choice. Once you come to grips with this you may resent God for giving us this burden because sometimes we are too immature to make the right decision, but another reality is freedom is mandatory for love to exist.
Gambling GE 4:7, ISA 65:11-12, 1CO 6:12, 1CO 10:23, ... As occasional mindless entertainment (as opposed to watching a movie, eating out, playing miniature golf, etc, where you go into it expecting to leave with one more experience and a little less money) fine. As a money maker or a lifestyle, forget it. Social evidence clearly shows gambling is adicting and any adiction is harmful since we should not be mastered by anything but God. See complex topic of money (below).
Government submission EX 22:28, RO 13:1-8, HEB 13:17, TIT 3:1-2, 1PE 2:13-17 ... ...
Guardian Angels ... ...
Health & wealth JOB 1:1-2:10, PS 25:1-3, PS 34, PS 37:22-40, PS 91-92, PS 112, PS 121:5-7, PS 128:1-4, PR 12:21, PR 14:11, ECC 2:26, JER 20:7-18, JER 29:11, MT 5:45, MT 10:16-28,34-39, MK 10:29-30, LK 13:1-5, LK 18:18-30, JN 17:15, RO 5:3-4, RO 7:21-25, RO 8:17, RO 8:35-37, 1CO 3:17, 1CO 4:9-14, 1CO 15:30-31, 1CO 11:23-29, 1PE 1:6-7 1PE 4:12-16 A related concept is "there is no safer place to be than the center of the will of God". Surely if anyone experienced the center of the will of God then the Apostle Paul was one of those people. With eternity in mind, these concepts are right on. But during our short time on Earth, which is usually where these are applied, what a dumb idea. At a high level, when we obey God we are acknowledging that He understands the way life is supposed to work and things will naturally go better for us. But God is slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love so does not necessarily punish evil immediately (though He does say we may as His ambasadors, see why is there evil below). Lastly, since He is more concerned about our character than our comfort He does not shelter us from all short term suffering but instead may use it (see inevitable suffering below).
Holy War ROM 12:21, 2CO 10:4-5, EPH 6:12, REV 19:11 Um, no. God can do this because he is holy, but we cannot because we are not. (For example, the European Crusaides of the 12th & 13th centuries were a perfect lesson in missing the point.)
Homosexuality LEV 18:22, LEV 20:13, RO 1:27, 1CO 6:9-10, 1TI 1:9-10, JUDE 1:22-23 Homosexuality is a sin and therefore a choice so it deserves no protection and no benefits. Like any sin, some people are more tempted by it than others, but we must all repress any urge to sin and acknowledge that any thought or activity is wrong. However this is not an especialy evil sin and these people need to be treated with love just like anyone else. We must also be careful how we handle sins we do not personally stuggle with, lest our motives and intentions be misinterpretted. But fewer people will misinterpret love than condemnation, and the Holy Spirit can take care of convicting any sinner.
Jesus is the only way to God/Heaven JN 14:6, AC 4:11-12, RO 6:23, RO 10:9-10, COL 2:8, 1TI 2:5, 1JN 5:3-5, 1JN 5:12 This is a black and white issue, no gray. What people do with this truth is a different matter.
Living together before/outside of marriage GE 4:7, EX 22:16, DT 22:28-29, PS 119:9, PR 4:14-15, PR 6:27, PR 16:2, SS 2:7, SS 8:6-7, JN 4:16-18, RO 6:11-14, 1CO 5:9-13, 1CO 6:9-20 ... Notice in the original law that as soon as a man had sex with a woman he was commanded to marry her. This is not to say that "two wrongs make a right" (note that sex is a consecration of marriage, not the other way around) but to minimize the effects of the sin and to inform people of how significant sexual relations are. Not that I need to add to scripture, but for those of you who still don't get it, let me read between the lines for you. Surely this is bad for at least five reasons:
  1. In the modern western world marriages are initated by love but in the grand scheme they are (should be) more about comitment than they are about love. This practice undermines the absolute commitment of marriage (instills the "try it before you buy it" mentality) which irrevocably taints the presence of unconditional love which was intended to be fully present,
  2. It is a bad example for your inevitable children and/or all other children in your lives,
  3. It encourages children outside of an absolutly commited marriage and allows for the parents to easily separate thereby (a) destroying the family unit that God designed and (b) damaging the parent/child relationship that is intended to model the God/human relationship. These problems give children a desire to say "if God could not keep my parents together then he can not do anything for me either",
  4. It is especially a bad witness to non believers if believers do this because it allows a non believer the opportunity to say "your morality is no better than mine so your God must be no better than mine",
  5. At its highest level and at its core, this idea is exclusively the conclusion of a belief (whether active or passive) that "yeah, God may have said marriage first is the best way, but I am willing to bet my life that I can do it better, or at least different and still end up just as good."
If you want to talk about economic exceptions, etc, then I will grant that maybe there are a few examples where it is justifiable to live together if you will grant that most people use this as an excuse not a last resort. We also should be clear we are talking in PPM (people per million) not percent of the population where this exception honestly applies and sex of any kind should not be involved outside of marriage. Finally, I sincerely hope all marriages last a lifetime, no mater how they start off, because that is the way God created it. But regardless of what you or I want to believe this practice is no less dangerous than playing with fire.
"Losing" your salvation LK 12:4, LK 22:3, JN 10:24-30, RO 8:38-39, RO 11:19-22, COL 1:21-23, 1TI 1:19-20, 1TI 3:6, 1TI 6:10,20-21, 2TI 2:18, HEB 2:1, HEB 3:12-19, HEB 6:4-6, HEB 10:26-31, HEB 12:16-17, JAM 5:19-20, 2PE 2:20-21, REV 3:11 You can not loose it (have it taken from you) but you can give it up.
Mary (x) There are some who worship Mary, mother of Jesus, but the scripture they cite I just don't agree has any merrit (it has the resonance of people just picking scripture to back up their belief rather than getting their belief from the scripture). Additionally the Catholic Encylcopedia indicates that most of the basis for this belief is founded in tradition, so by definition it is a non-biblical concept and out of scope of this page.
Natural state of man (is he good or evil?) GE 6:5, GE 8:21, 1KI 8:46, 2CH 6:36, PS 14:3, PS 19:12, PS 51:5, PS 53:1-3, PS 143:2, PR 27:19-21, ECC 7:20,27-29, ISA 64:6, JER 6:16-17, JER 17:9-10, JN 2:24-25, RO 3:12, EPH 2:3 Clearly we are evil without God's help.
One man can make a difference Adam (GE 1:26-5:5), Noah (GE 5:28-9:29), Moses (EX 2:10-DT 34:7), Jesus (MT, MK, LK, JN), Paul (AC 9:1-28:31), as well as Abraham (GE 11:26-25:8), Josiah (2CH 34-35), Joshua (EX 17:9-JOS 24:29), David (1SA 16:11-1KI 2:11), and Solomon (2SA 12:24-1KI 11:43) Many times in history it has been the faith of one man alone that changes the world, or at least the course of a nation.
Is God a pacifist? GE 20:3-7, EX 23:23, DT 21:18-21, 1SA 15:2-3, MT 5:17, MT 10:34, LK 19:27, REV 3:19, REV 19:11-16 The smartest man who ever lived said in Proverbs that God disciplines (see keyword review above) those He loves, and God confirmed this himself in Revelation. The Deuteronomy passage seems harsh but I think the takeaway is how serious disobediance is, and the role of the strong leader to lead strongly at all costs, even if the price is your own Son and God modeled this for us by sending His Son to die on the cross for us. God does not appease evil in hopes it will simply go away because He knows the natural state of man (see below). Nor is He passive enough to simply ignore evil without punishing it. God is clearly in favor of capitol punishment (see keyword review above) so killing individuals because of heinous sin is not against God's character/will. On multiple occasions in the Old Testament God commands His people to go to war and He promises in the New Testament to someday wage war on Satan and Satan's followers (both angelic and human). Of course God would not seriously have to fight Satan because God has no equal nor anything even close but God has a master plan that involves this war He describes in Revelation, possibly for our benefit more than His.
Should we be pacifists? NU 15:14-16,29-31, EST 9:1-17, PS 82:3-4, PS 110:3, PS 118:10-12, PS 144:1, PR 3:11-12, PR 20:18, PR 21:31, ECC 3:3,8, ISA 1:17, MT 5:9, MT 5:38-48, MK 12:28-34, LK 6:27-38, RO 12:17-21, RO 13:1-5, 2CO 10:3-6, HEB 12:14-15, JAM 1:27 (See Is God a Pacifist above first.) This is a hard one since Old Testament precidence is overwhelmingly against this, but New Testament teaching could make you think so. And we know that God does not change, so how do we reconcile this? War is often referred to as "hell" by those who experience it, but is there such a thing as a "just war"? The Hebrews passage is interesting because it has seemingly contradictory sentences back to back, starting off making you think pacafism is the way to go but then doing a 180 at the end when it warns against allowing evil among you. The James passage is actually a fairly recurring theme which could be generalized as "protect the defenseless". So if we are all to embrace discipline, leaders are to administer discipline, and the two greatest commandments in existance say to love (honor) God and love (treat) our neighbor (everyone else) like ourselves, we are to protect the defenseless, and discipline has no limits, then I believe this is the justification for the "just war". There is no contest that individuals and even organizations should exemplify love, peace, patientence, etc., even to their enemies, but Paul reminds us that governments have a special role with an obligation to punish evil and the police and military forces who cary out that punishment must be allowed to do so. As followers of Christ's teaching we should never incite (unless our acting righteously infuriates, which it has a tendency to do) nor administer any violence, but we are to respect authority (see Government Submission above) so when our leaders call us to war, so long as it is for the reasons above, then we should obey and restrain our criticism.
Pleasing God by
 "being a good person" or
 "doing your best" 		1SA 15:22-23, ECC 9:10, EPH 2:8-9, JAM 1:22-26, JAM 2:14-26 ... While not all wrong, this is an incomplete concept. Yes God wants you to be good and yes He wants you to do your best, but what does it mean to be good and what are you trying your best at? Being lazy can never please God, but doing your best to be a good person without explicitly & educatedly following Christ is not going to make you right with God. If you truly have a biblical worldview and you are trying to be an informed obedient servant of God then and only then do these two thoughts apply. (Consider my content differentiation below.) But at the same time, if you have an informed biblical worldview and are connected to the God of creation you are not going to use these phrases the way most people do.
Purgatory LK 16:22, LK 23:42-43, ... Nope, it's not in here. This was invented by men as an excuse for a fund raiser for the orthodox church.
Racism DT 7:3-4, EX 22:21, EX 23:9,12, LEV 19:10,33-34, LEV 23:22, LEV 24:22, LEV 25:35, NU 9:14, NU 15:15-16,29-31, DT 5:14, DT 10:18, DT 24:14,17,19-21, DT 27:19, PS 146:9, JER 22:3, EZE 47:23, ZEC 7:10, LK 10:25-37, ACTS 11:1-18 Don't be stupid. No way, no how. Racism is the big brother of prejudice and both are the offspring of ignorance and fear. The closest thing we get to "racism" is "worldviewism", where God says don't intermarry because the beliefs of the other people will draw us away from Him, not because of any biological or other demographical excuse.
Reincarnation JOB 14:1-12, PS 88:10, PS 103:15-16, PS 115:17, PS 144:3-4, 2CO 5:10, JAM 4:14, HEB 9:27 We only live once. We only get one chance at life.
Tithing GE 4:4-5, EX 13:1-2,11-16, EX 22:29-30, EX 23:19, LEV 27:30-33, DT 14:22-29, DT 26:1-15, NUM 18:25-32, PR 3:9, MAL 3:8-10, MT 23:23, LK 11:42 See complex topic of Money below. (But in short, always give at least your first 10% of your gross income back to God.)
The Trinity (God in three persons) GE 1:26-27, GE 3:22, GE 11:7, DT 6:4, ISA 6:8, ISA 9:6, MT 28:19, MK 12:28-34, JN 1:1, JN 5:18, JN 8:56-59, JN 10:30-33, 2CO 13:14, PHP 2:5-7, COL 1:15-19, TIT 3:4-6, HEB 2:9-10, 1JN 5:7, REV 22:12-13 It's not named as such, but the concept is accurate. Regarding Jesus, scripture is not self contradictory so no matter how many verses someone points out where Jesus refers to the Father as another entity they don't mean Jesus is not God nor that God the Father created Jesus in any way like He did angels or people. Those verses just elaborate on Jesus' character as described in Philippians. They just reinforce the mysterious concept of the trinity. Regarding the Holy Spirit, nothing God created is omnipresent, but the Holy Spirit is always referred to as singluar and given to all believers (Luke 24:49, John 14:26, John 20:22, Acts 2:4).
  (Note the 1 John 5:7 verse won't display correctly with the "hover" feature on this website because NIV, NLT, MSG and others don't include a line that is only in a few very late Greek copies and the Latin Vulgate. Other translations like KJV, NKJV, NCV, GW and YLT have the line I am referring to.)
Universal rage GE 4:3-15, ECC 3:11 (Note this is different than specificly incited anger.) Hard rock and even rap music reaches a distinct harmonic resonance frequency within many people's soul that most Christians have repressed or try to repress. What I mean by "universal rage" is that whether we admit it or not we are furious that we are not God. Granted, some of us have come to terms with this fact better than others, but we all experience the annoyance that we are not the supreme being, the creator of everything, and that the universe doesn't have to bow to our wishes. (See the Human Condition below.)
How should we worship? DT 8:19, 1SA 15:22-23, JN 4:23-24, ROM 12:1, 1CO 14:21-25 Lots of people confuse or blend the two concepts of doctrine and style. Doctrine is what this webpage is dedicated to clarifying. Style is a personal choice.
What day do we worship on? MK 16:9, AC 1:14, AC 2:44-46, AC 5:12, AC 20:7, RO 14:4-6 It's all or nothing. There is no command nor special benefit to worship on Sunday, and Saturday is technically the sabbath. We are supposed to worship God every day.
Why is there evil in the world?
Similarly, why do bad things happen (to good people) or worse, why do good things happen to bad people? 		ISA 24:5-6, ISA 64:9-65:12, JER 6:16-19, JER 7:1-29, JER 16:9-13, 2CO 12:8-9, RO 8:28, 1CO 3:10-15, JAM 1:12-15 First consider the natural state of man (above) and the freedom of choice God gives us (above). God did not create mindless zombies to worship Himself, he created fully intelligent people with a freewill. He allows us to choose to honor Him or not. All suffering is caused by sin and there are four notable sources of sin: your own, your ancestors, other unrelated people, and Satan (or his demons). Evil could passively be described as the absense of active good. God created everything good but His created beings allow the evil in the world. God does not cause suffering, but He certainly allows it either when it is the consequence of bad choices or simply to test us (test as in "see if we make the good choice" not tempt as in "see if we make the bad choice") and then He uses it to help us align ourselves with Him. Once we are aligned the suffering will be relieved, though perhaps not as soon as we would like.
Editor's note: if you are not in alignment with me on these conclusions then ask yourself if you disagree with or disapprove of these conclusions? Disagreement would involve having contradictory or conflicting facts or interpretations. If you do not have this then you just dislike my conclusion and are perhaps intellectually not yet prepared (though not incapable) to accept the implications of these conclusions.




Complex Topics



(The conclusions here are not as simple to explain as the Controversial Topics, so I am simply providing you the compilation.)

Meaning of life Wisdom Work ethic Money Human relationships...
Husbands/Fathers/Men Wives/Mothers/Women Parents Kids God/humans
Character of...
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Connecting the Dots



Stories we should all learn in Sunday school
GE 2:4-3:24   The garden of Eden
GE 4   Cain & Abel (followup in 1JN 3:12)
GE 6-9   Noah, the ark, the world wide flood and the rainbow
GE 11:1-9   The tower of Babel
GE 12-18:15   Abraham, Sarah and Isaac (part 1)
GE 18:16-19:29   Sodom & Gamorah destroyed (followup in JUDE 1:7)
GE 20-25:10   Abraham, Sarah and Isaac (part 2)
GE 25:19-34   Jacob & Esau (part 1, followup in RO 9:10-15 and HEB 12:16-17)
GE 27-33   Jacob & Esau (part 2, followup in MAL 1:2-5)
GE 37   Joseph (part 1)
GE 39-50   Joseph (part 2)
EX 1-4   Moses
EX 5-14   The Exodus (followup PS 78:5-56)
EX 19-20:20   The 10 commandments (part 1)
EX 31:18-34:35   The 10 commandments (part 2)
DT 5   Retelling the 10 commandments (part 1)
DT 9-10:5   Retelling the 10 commandments (part 2)
JOS 1-6   Joshua, Rahab and the wall of Jericho
JDG 6:11-8:35   Gideon
JDG 11:1-12:7   Jephthah
JDG 13-16   Samson
RU   Ruth
1SA 1   Samuel (part 1)
1SA 3   Samuel (part 2)
1SA 17   David & Goliath
1SA 18-20   David & Jonathan
2SA 12:1-25   David, Bathsheba & Nathan (followup in RO 9:10-15 and PS 51)
1KI 18   Elijah's contest at Mount Carmel (mentioned later in JAM 5:17-18)
1KI 3:16-28   Solomon solves an arguement
2KI 22-23   Josiah, the 8 year old king (see also 1KI 13:1-6 and 2CH 34-35)
NE 1-6:16   Nehemiah rebuilds the walls of Jerusalem
EST   Esther
JOB 1-2   Job (part 1)
JOB 38-42   Job (part 2, mentioned later in EZK 14:12-20)
DA 3   Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
DA 6   Daniel in the lions den
JNH   Jonah and the great fish (mentioned later in MT 12:38-41, MK 16:1-4 and LK 11:29-32)
MT, MK, LK, JN   The life, teaching, death & ressurection of Jesus
AC 1-12   The beginnings of the church
GAL 5:16-26   The fruit of the spirit
EPH 6:10-18   The armor of God (see also 1TH 5:8)
HEB 11   The faith chapter
HEB 12:5-11   Discipline
Lead Roles (Supporting)... (this section has barely been started, here are initial concept ideas)
Gen2-4 adam & eve
Gen6-9 noah
Gen12-? abraham (sarah)
Gen
Gen?-42 joseph
Ex-lev moses
Jos joshua
Jdg1-?
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Great Speaches
DT 8   Moses speaks to Israel
JOS 24:1-15   Joshua reminds the people where they came from and gives them a choice
1CH 29:10-19   David praises God before Israel
PS 78:10-72   Summary of history from Egypt to David
PS 105,106:7-46   Another Genesis recap
NE 9:5-37   A prayer of rememberance of the wonder of God from the leaders of the Levites
ISA 43:10-13   God speaks to Israel about their relationship
JER 25:1-14   Jeremiah calls the people to repentance or else face captivity
EZK 20:1-44   Recap of history of Israel from God's perspective
MT 5-7   Jesus' sermon on the mount (see also LK 6:20-49)
MT 26:39,42   The words are few, so it's not much of a speach, but given the context I think this counts as "great"
JN 13-17   Jesus' final talk to his disciples
AC 2:14-42   Peter addresses a crowd on Penticost
AC 3:12-26   Peter addresses a crowd after healing a man born lame (complete story is AC 3:1-4:31 and worth reading)
AC 6:2-7:60   Stephen is martyred in Jerusalem
AC 13:13-43   Paul preaches in Antioch
AC 15:1-31   Letter (not speach) to gentiles about their need to conform to Jewish tradition
AC 17:16-31   Paul preaches in Athens
Visions
GE 15   God's covenant given to Abraham
GE 28:10-21   "Jacob's ladder" and "stairway to heaven"
GE 31:10-13   Jacob told to return home (followup GE 31:24, a vision ignored)
GE 46:2-4   God reassures Israel about going to Egypt
1KI 3:5-15   Solomon asks for wisdom (Notice his request was essentially "change me" rather than "change my circumstances" or "change them". How often do we pray this but rather for ease?, compare PR 30:7-9)
1KI 22:10-28   Micaiah condemns Ahab (repeated in 2CH 18:9-27)
PS 18:5-17   David has an unusual perspective on his rescue from Saul
ISA 6:1-13   Isaiah touches a hot coal to his tounge
EZK 1:1-3:14   Four living beings escort the glory of the Lord and Ezekiel's commission (these special four living beings also mentioned again 14 times in Revelation 4-19, see outline below)
EZK 8:1-11:25   The results of idolatry in the temple of God
EZK 37:1-14   Valley full of dry bones become an army of living soldiers
DAN 7   Four beasts
DAN 8   The ram (Media/Persia), goat (Greece) & angel Gabriel
DAN 9:20-27   Seventy sevens
DAN 10-12   Northern and southern kingdoms continuously fight
AMO 7:1-9   Locusts, fire, plumb line and Amaziah
AMO 8   Israel is ripe for punishment, like fruit ripe for picking
AMO 9   God at the alter
ZCH 1:8-2:5   A man on a red horse among some myrtle trees in a small valley
ZCH 3   Satan accuses the high priest
ZCH 4   Gold lampstand with a bowl of oil on top and seven more lampstands around it, each with seven spouts & wicks, and two olive trees on each side
ZCH 5:1-4   A flying scroll with a curse for thieves & false swearers
ZCH 5:5-11   A woman, named Wickedness, in a basket, carried off by two other flying women
ZCH 6:1-8   Four horses/chariots/spirits who stand before the Lord and do his work
MT 2:12   The wise men are warned about going home
MT 2:13-15   Joseph warned to go to Egypt
MT 2:19-21   Joseph told to return to Israel
MT 2:22-23   Joseph told to go to Galilee
JN 1:51   Promise of a vision
AC 7:55-56   Stephen sees into Heaven
AC 9:1-9   Saul meets Jesus
AC 10:1-8   Cornelius told to meet Saul
AC 10:10-16   Peter told to accept gentile (non Jewish) believers
AC 16:9-10   Paul asked to go to Greece
AC 18:9-11   Paul encouraged to stay in Corinth
2CO 12:2-4   Paul knows a man who went into heaven
REV   Almost everything in the book of Revelation
Angelic Interactions
GE 16:7-12   Hagar is comforted
GE 18:1-19:29   Abraham, Sarah and Lot dialogue
GE 32:1-2   Jacob sees angels but there is no record of interaction
GE 32:24-32   Jacob wrestles with God
EX 3:1-4:17   Moses and the burning bush (recounted in AC 7:30-35)
EX 19-34   Moses at Mount Sinai (referenced in AC 7:38)
NUM 22:21-35   Balaam and his donkey are stopped (referenced in 2PE 2:15-16)
JDG 2:1-4   The Israelites are confronted
JDG 6:11-24   Gideon's commission
JDG 13:1-23   The birth of Samson
1KI 19:3-8   Elisha is encouraged
DAN 7   Four beasts explained
DAN 8   Gabriel explains the ram and goat vision
DAN 9:20-27   Gabriel explains the seventy sevens
DAN 10-12   The future is revealed to Daniel (the angel was delayed 21 days to answer Daniel's prayer because he was fighting the spirit prince of Persia.)
MT 1:18-25   Joseph reassured about Mary
MT 28:1-7   An angel rolls back the stone of Jesus' tomb
MK 16:1-8   An angel speaks inside the empty tomb of Jesus
LK 1:5-25   Zechariah temporarily loses his speach for disbelief (restored in LK 1:57-64)
LK 1:26-38   Mary is told the good news
LK 2:8-15   An army of angels appear before shepards
LK 24:1-8   Angels speak at the empty tomb of Jesus
AC 1:6-11   Onlookers of the ascention are encouraged
AC 5:17-25   The apostles are let out of prison
AC 8:26-29   Philip is told to go to a road and intercept a chariot
AC 12:1-19   Peter is let out of prison
AC 27:21-26   Paul is told what will happen next
REV 19:9-10   How angels should act when we get confused (compare REV 22:8-9 and COL 2:18)
What is it like to be an angel?
ISA 6:2-4   Seraphim description, attitude and sample of power, as observed by Isaiah
EZK 1:4-24   Four living beings described, as observed by Ezekiel
MT 18:10   Always in God's presense
MK 12:25   No marriage (also LK 20:34-36)
LK 15:10   Joyful at a sinner's repentance
HEB 1:4   Less important than Christ/God
HEB 1:7   Comparable to wind and flames of fire
HEB 1:14   Servants of God chartered for the saved
1PE 1:12   They desire to "look into" the relationship of the messiah and his people
JUDE 1:6   Tight operating limits
JUDE 1:9   Very humble
...
What do the angels say about God?
REV 14:6-7   An angel flys across the sky praising God
REV 15:2-4   Not exactly angels, but people in heaven praising God
...
The promises of God
EX 19:5-6   Obey God and be a treasure to Him
EX 23:20-31   Worship God and prosper (most of this was for a specific time, but some of it can be generalized)
LEV 26   Obey God and prosper
DT 28-30   Choice of obedience or negligence, bringing prosperity or disaster
1KI 8:56   All promises get fulfilled
PS 89:3-4,19-37   David's decendents would be kings
JER 17:21-27   Obey the sabath and endure
JER 22:4-5   Obey God's commands for political prosperity
JER 29:11-13   God has an amazing plan for us (compare to 1CO 2:7-9 and ISA 64:4)
JN 14:15-17   Company of the Holy Spirit (see also JN 15:26 and JN 16:8,13)
JN 14:27   Personal peace
...
Descriptions of God/Seeing God
EX 3:6   Somehow Moses knew not to look at God
EX 24:9-11   Moses and the elders see and eat a meal with God
EX 33:18-23,34:5-8   Moses sees God's back
JOB 19:25-27   Job yearns to see God
PS 11:7   Righteous will
PS 17:15   David knew what to expect
PS 27:4   David yearns to see God
PS 63:2   Strange
ISA 6:1   Isaiah sees God (not necessarily His face) on His throne in His temple
EZK 1:26-28   Ezekiel sees a vision of God
MT 5:8   Who will see God
MT 17:1-6   The transfiguration: even His glory is so great it is terrifying (compare MK 9:2-6 and LK 9:28-34)
LK 5:8-9   An example of when we realize we are truly in the presence of God we will drop all pretension and intuit His holiness and our contamination
JN 4:24   God is spirit (not gold, wood, man, beast, planet nor star, etc.)
JN 14:9   We see God through Jesus
1TI 6:15-16   No human eye has nor can ever seen Him
HEB 12:14   Without holiness we can forget about seeing Him
1JN 4:12   He can't be seen but we live with him none-the-less
REV 4:2-5   God on His thrown
REV 22:4   We (believers) will see God's face after all the events described in Revelation
Seeing is not believing
MT 27:62-28:15   If they had any sort of an open mind they would have responded differently to this eye witness story
JN 6:1-15,22-71   The crowds followed Him because of His miraces yet all they wanted was free food and when He confronted them about this shallowness they just asked for a sign
JN 9:25-34   Jesus did something Moses never did and yet the Pharasees dismissed it
JN 11:45-48   Raising Lazarus from the dead after he had been dead for 4 days was a turn off to many
JN 12:28-29   It is so tempting just to explain away the miracles of God
JN 12:37   When it is not you, it is easy to critisize, but we are all like this
JN 20:24-29   Doubting Thomas, Jesus is not fooled by our flilpant emotions, he knows where real faith comes from and it is not our eyes (see HEB 11:1)
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Salvation
JN 14:6   Jesus
ACT 3:19   Repent
ACT 16:31   Believe
RO 10:9-10   Confess, believe
EPH 2:8   Not us, Him
TI 3:5   Not us, Him
...
God loves everyone (not just Jews/Christans)
GE 12:1-3   God made Abraham a blessing for the whole world (repeated GE 18:18, GE 22:15-18 and GE 26:2-5)
JOS 4:24   May the whole world know of God's power
1KI 8:41-43,60   Solomon dedicates the first temple and includes foreigners (compare 2CH 6:32-33)
PS 145:9   We are all His creation
ISA 28:11   God will use other nations (even non believers) to rebuke us if we intentionally go astray (quoted 1CO 14:21)
ISA 45:20-23   He brings salvation to the whole world
ISA 56:1-8   Blessings for foreigners who serve
JER 32:27   God of all mankind
HOS 1:10   Gentiles will get their chance (also HOS 2:23, quoted RO 9:25-29)
JOEL 2:28-32   "All" and "everyone" (quoted RO 10:13-21)
AM 9:11-12   Temple will be rebuilt (a third time) and everyone will go to seek God (quoted AC 15:13-19)
JNH 4:11   Even those whose lifestyles are despicable
MT 5:43-48   Both the righteous and the unrighteous
MT 9:10-13   Sinners
MT 21:43   The Kingdom of God will be taken from arrogant believers and given to others more humble
MT 22:37-40   2nd greatest commandment (compare to MK 12:29-31)
MT 28:19-20   Jesus' great commission to us (compare to MK 16:15-18)
LK 2:10   The Christmas story was for all of us, but balance LK 2:14
LK 10:25-37   The Good Samaratin
AC 10:34-36   Peter's first witness to gentiles (complete story is AC 10:1-48)
AC 11:18-24   Peter & Barnabas verify gentile believers
RO 3:29   He is the God for everyone
RO 10:9-13   Salvation is available to anyone who trusts (puts their faith in) God
RO 11:16-21   Gentiles are grafted in to the tree of Abraham
RO 15:9-12   Jesus came to show mercy on the Gentiles too (quotes DT 32:43, PS 18:49, PS 117 and ISA 11:10)
REV 5:9   Jesus shed His blood for everyone everywhere
God hates religion (hypocracy)
1SA 15:22-23   Sacrifice vs obedience (compare to PS 40:6-8, PS 50:14-15,23, PS 69:30-31, HOS 6:6 and 1CO 7:17-19)
JER 7:1-15   Church/temple does nothing to save you (faith and obedience do, quoted MT 21:12-13, MK 11:15-17 and LK 19:45-47)
AM 5:21   He can see through our show
MT 6:15   The "golden rule" can be used against you
MT 7:1-5   Humans judging
MT 9:10-13   He acepts people who admit to be sinners but rejects people who are self righteous (since we are all sinners whether we admit it or not, see RO 3:9-20)
MT 15:1-12   Wrongfully placing human traditions over the commands of God (also MK 7:1-13)
MT 18:21-35   The parabel of the man who owed an unpayable debt and owned a trivial loan (compare to 2SA 12:1-13 and LK 7:36-50)
MT 21:28-32   Warning against "civilized" religion
MT 23:23-36   Tithing vs doing good (consider this use of the word "camel" when reading MT 19:16-30, MK 10:17-31 and LK 18:18-30)
MK 2:23-28   Working on the sabath?
MK 3:1-6   Healing on the sabath (also LK 6:6-11 and LK 13:10-17)
MK 12:38-48   Public prayers evil hearts (also LK 20:46-47)
LK 7:36-50   Self righteousness versus humility (remember see RO 3:9-20)
LK 9:37-43   Faithless people are repulsive, yet He chose to love us anyway
LK 11:33-12:2   Jesus slams the Pharisees & teachers/experts in religious law to their face in their home (Be extra careful with this passage: we all act like these people unless we are very intentional not to.)
LK 12:54-59   We understand interpreting the weather, why not spiritual things
LK 18:9-14   Self righteousness keeps us from God
RO 2:23-24   Here is why (quotes ISA 52:4-6, compare EZE 36:20-21)
When God...
MT 8:5-13   Was amazed (compare to LK 7:1-10 and contrast to MK 6:1-6)
MK 3:1-6   Was angry with us (compare to LK 6:6-11 as well as MT 21:12-13, MK 11:15-17 and LK 19:45-47)
MK 8:11-13   Was annoyed
MK 10:13-16   Was indignant
LK 7:11-17   Had compassion (explicitly)
LK 9:37-43   Was annoyed (contrast to MT 21:18-22 and MK 11:12-14,20-21)
LK 15:11-32   Ran
LK 19:41-44   Cried (because our unbelief makes Him sad, compare to JN 11:32-37)
What did the prophets say about Jesus?
Note: the primary purpose of the prophets was not to tell the future but was to tell who God is.

Prophecy
 Fulfilment
 Explain
DT 18:15-18   MT 1:1-17, LK 3:23-38, AC 3:22, AC 7:37 In the bloodline of Israel
DT 18:19   AC 3:23 Non belief is very bad (also LEV 23:29)
PS 2:7   MT 3:16-17, MT 17:1-13, MK 9:2-13, LK 3:21-22, LK 9:28-36, AC 13:33  Son/Father relationship
PS 8:2   MT 21:16 Children & infants praise
PS 16:8-11   MK 16:9, AC 2:22-32, AC 13:34-37 No stay dead
PS 22:1   DT 21:22-23, MT 27:46, MK 15:34 He would be/feel abandoned by God the Father
PS 22:7-8   MT 27:38-44 Onlookers sneer (at cruicifixion) and tease about separation from God
PS 22:15, 69:21   MT 27:48, MK 15:36, LK 23:36, JN 19:28-30 Thirsty yet given garbage to drink
PS 22:16-18   MT 27:35, MK 15:24, LK 23:34, JN 19:24 Lots would be cast for His clothes
PS 30:1-3   MK 16:9 Would die but rise again
PS 31:5   MT 27:50, LK 23:46, JN 19:30 Gave up His spirit
PS 34:20   JN 19:31-36 No broken bones (like the passover lamb mentioned in EX 12:46, NU 9:12 and JN 1:29,35-36)
PS 35:19, 69:4   JN 15:23-25 The world hates Him for no reason
PS 41:9   JN 13:18-19 Share food with His betrater
PS 69:9   MT 21:12-13, MK 11:15-17, JN 2:13-17 Pasionate about sanctity of God's house (see also ISA 56:7 and JER 7:11)
PS 69:25, 109:8   AC 1:16-22 (Not so much about Jesus but one of His disciples)
PS 78:2   MT 13:33-35 Speak in parabals (see also ISA 6:9-10 just below)
PS 110:1   MT 26:64, MK 14:62 Will return on clouds with power (also DA 7:13)
PS 118:22-23   MT 21:42, MK 12:10-11, LK 20:17, AC 4:11 Rejected but the cornerstone
ISA 6:9-10   MT 13:1-23, MK 4:11-12, LK 8:10, JN 12:37-43, AC 28:25-28   We will see and hear but not understand
ISA 9:1-3   JOS 20:7,9, 1KI 9:11-13, MT 2:19-23, MT 4:12-25, MK 1:14-39, LK 4:14-15, LK 5:17, LK 23:4-7, JN 2:11, JN 4:43-54, JN 7:32-52   From/preached in Galilee
ISA 9:4-7   MT 11:29-30, GAL 5:1 Replace the yoke of spiritual slavery to evil with freedom to be God's instrument
ISA 40:3   MK 1:1-8 Get ready in the desert, make a straight path
ISA 42:1-4   MT 12:15-21 Would be gentil
ISA 53:1   JN 12:37-38 No one will believe (see all of ISA 52:13-53:12)
ISA 53:4   MT 8:14-17 Healed the sick
ISA 53:7-8   MT 26:57-68, MT 27:11-14, MK 14:53-65, MK 15:3-5, LK 23:6-10, JN 1:29,35-36, JN 19:6-10, AC 8:26-40 Lead like a sheep to slaughter, silent, childless
ISA 53:12   MK 15:27-28, LK 22:35-37 Treated as a rebel
ISA 54:13   JN 6:45 Will bring the teachings of God
ISA 55:3-5   AC 13:34 would be given what was promised to King David
ISA 61:1-2   MT 5:1-12, LK 4:17-21 Good news given to the poor
JER 31:15   GE 30:1, GE 35:16-18, JOS 18:25-28, MT 2:16-18 Crying in Ramah
DAN 9:24-27   MT 21:1-9, MK 11:1-10, LK 19:29-38, JN 12:12-15 The day Jesus would ride into Jerusalem
HOS 11:1   MT 2:14-15 Called out of Egypt
MIC 5:2   MT 2:1-6, LK 2:4-7 Born in Bethlehem (also 2SA 5:2)
MIC 7:5-6   MT 10:34-39, LK 12:49-53 Came to spark division (between righteousness and unrighteousness)
ZEC 9:9   MT 21:1-9, JN 12:12-15 Enter Jerusalem on a donkey
ZEC 11:12-13   MT 26:14-15, MT 27:3-10 His life would be valued at 30 pieces of silver (also JER 32:6-9 (not remembering why?))
ZEC 12:10   JN 19:31-37 He would be pierced
ZEC 13:7   MT 26:31, MT 26:44-56, MK 14:27, MK 14:41-50 Strike the shephard and the sheep scatter
MAL 3:1   MK 1:1-8 God will send His messenger ahead of His Son
?   MT 2:19-23, MK 14:66-67 Called a Nazarene
x   JN 11:47-52   Would die for the whole nation (followup JN 12:9-11 & JN 12:19)
What does Jesus say about himself?
MT 5:17   Came to complete the law, not replace it
MT 10:34-39   Did not come to bring peace but a sword (compare LK 12:49-53)
MT 26:53-54   Could ask for Angles to protect Himself but chose sacrificial love
MT 28:18   Has complete authority everywhere
MK 1:38   Came to preach in many towns (compare LK 4:43)
MK 2:4-12   Posessed authority to forgive sins
MK 2:17   Came to help the acknowledged sick rather than the presumptuous healthy (compare LK 5:32 and JN 9:41)
MK 2:28   Ruler of the Sabbath
MK 10:45   Came to serve, not be served, and to be the sacrificial lamb of the world
MK 14:61-62   Messiah, the savior of Israel (compare LK 22:69-71 and JN 13:19)
LK 9:22   Must suffer, be rejected, murdered & return from the dead
LK 10:22   No one knows the Father except Himself
LK 12:13-15   Does not want to judge every detail of our lives
LK 14:25-27   He must be first in our lives/hearts
LK 18:31-33   Knew his earthly fate
LK 23:3   King of Jews
JN 3:13-17   Came to save rather than to judge, judgement would come later, and He knew how He would die (compare JN 12:47-48 and JN 12:32-33 & JN 18:31-32)
JN 5:16-30   Son of God (therefore equal to God, compare JN 10:30)
JN 5:39   Scriptures point to Himself
JN 6:15   Was not an earthly king
JN 6:35   Bread of life (complete story is JN 6:22-59, compare to MT 26:26-28, MK 14:22-24 and LK 22:19-20)
JN 7:16-18   Origin of & motive for his teaching
JN 8:12   Light of the world
JN 8:50-51   Humble to not self glorify but allow God to glorify, also His teaching is powerful enough to save your soul
JN 8:56-59   Equal to the great I AM (direct reference to EX 3:13-14)
JN 10:1-18   Good shepherd
JN 14:6   No one gets to God without going through Him
JN 16:28   Came from God and returned to God (compare JN 17:4-5)
JN 18:9   No loose any of His followers (JN 6:39 & JN 17:12)
REV 22:12-13,16   He is returning, he is everything
What did the apostles say about Jesus?
JN 1:1-18,29-34   Lots of praises (Yes, JTB is not an apostle)
JN 3:27-36   Lots more praises
AC 2:36   Lord and Messiah
AC 4:11-12   Since the beginning, He was God's plan
AC 10:36-43   Supreme judge, forgives sins
AC 17:2-3   Messiah
RO 3:23-26   Sacrificed His life for our sin
RO 5   Contrasing Adam and Jesus
RO 6:9-10   Died, was raised from the dead, can not die again
RO 9:5   Descendent of Abraham
1CO 1:2   Makes us holy
EPH 1:21-23   Above all powers and everything
PHI 2:5-11   He humbled himself from God to slave so has been raised to heights of heaven
COL 1:15-22   Pre-existant and [to be everything]
1TI 2:5   The only mediator
TIT 2:13-14   He gave His life to free us and make us His own
HEB 1:1-13   (This section is packed and granted the author of this book is not clear)
HEB 2:6-3:6   Above all things, including Moses
HEB 4:15   Able to relate to us yet never sinned while with us
1PE 2:21-25   Never sinned and was still able to trust God for all judgement, even in the face of severe persecution
1PE 3:18-22   Suffered, died, ressurected, now seated in place of ultimate honor
1JN 4:14   Savior of the world
What does the Bible say about itself and what does God say about His word?
DT 29:29   Provided for our enlightenment and obedience
PS 12:6   Perfect
PS 18:30   Without error
PS 19:7-11   Makes the simple wise
PS 33:4   Remains true
PS 119:89   Eternal, exists in heaven and on Earth
PR 4:20-22   Life & health
PR 30:5-6   Always proves to be true
ISA 34:16   Read it
ISA 40:8   Lasts forever (repeated in LK 21:33 and 1PE 1:25)
ISA 55:10-11   Achieves the purpose for which it was sent
JER 23:29   Like a hammer that breaks rock in pieces
HOS 8:12   God declares the word His Word but is well aware that we disregard it
MT ?   Holy Spirit spoke through the authors (repeated MK 12:36, AC 1:16 and AC 4:24-25)
LK 16:17   Can not be rescinded
JN 10:35   What God says can't be avoided/altered/undone
JN 20:30-31   Why the gospels were written
1CO 1:17-18   Power of God to beleivers, foolishness to everyone else
1TH 2:13   Paul was either an idiot or a prophet but not likely both
2TI 3:14-16   God breathed, useful, teaching...
JAM 1:21   Can save your soul
HEB 4:12   Sharper than any double edge sword
2PE 1:19-21   Prophecies were not written by the will of men
2PE 3:15-16   Divinely inspired, and don't alter it
1JN 5:10   If we do not believe then we are calling God a liar (see 1JN 5:9-12)
REV 22:18-19   Don't add or subtract or else you will die
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One book perhaps more important than the Bible
EX 32:32-33   Moses may have known about it before the rest of us
PS 69:28   David knew about it
PHIL 4:3   Paul spoke of it only in passing
REV 3:5   John mentions it a few times, beginning here
REV 13:8   Finally a description
REV 17:8   Another supernatural connection to us
REV 20:12-15   Why you should do whatever God says, and then some, to be sure you are listed in this book
REV 21:27   Chapter 20 has the negative reason why you want to be listed, this is the positive reason
Contradictory perceptions of God
PS 2:12   Angery to those who deny Him, compassionate on those who seek Him
PS 18:25-27   Faithful, blameless and pure to the good, shrewd and humbling to the bad
PS 37:33-34   Protection/success for the godly, thwarting/destruction for the wicked
PS 68:1-3   Fear for those who hate God, rejoicing for the godly
PS 107:42   Rejoicing for the godly, silence for the wicked
PR 3:34   Opossition to the proud, grace to the humble (quoted JAM 4:6 and 1PE 5:5)
PR 10:29   Stronghold to people with integrity, destruction to wicked people
PR 12:2   Approval of people who are good, condemnation of people who even plan to be wicked
PR 14:2   Righteous fear Him, the rest despise Him
PR 15:25   Destroys proud, protects widows
PR 15:29   Far from the wicked, listens to the righteous
PR 21:15   Joy to the good, terrifing to the bad (this verse is talking about justice)
PR 29:27   Good and bad do not like each other (this verse is talking about people)
2SA 22:26-28   Attractive to righteous, hostile to wicked
JN 3:18-21   Believers will escape a form of judgement but not those who do not believe
JN 8:47   Believers listen to God, non believers do not (again talking about people)
2CO 2:14-16   Life to believers, death to non believers (again talking about people)
TIT 1:15   Purity is real for the believer but unatainable for the non believer (again talking about people)
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Spiritual gifts
RO 12:6-8   Prophecy, service, teaching, encouraging, giving, leadership and mercy
1CO 12:4-11   Wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophesy, discernment, tongues and interpretations
1CO 12:27-31   Apostles, prohpecy, teaching, miracles, healing, helps, leadership, tongues and interpretations
1CO 14   Tongues, interpretations and prophecy
EPH 4:11-12   Apostles, prophecy, evangelism, pastoring and teaching
1PE 4:10-11   Speaking, helping others
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Diet/nutrition
GE 1:29-30   Every green plant for food
GE 9:1-4   Every living thing for food
LEV 3:17   Do not eat fat or blood
LEV 7:22-27   Reinforcement of 3:17
LEV 11:1-47   Distinguishing between animals that may be eaten and those that may not (for reasons of cleanliness, repeated in DT 14:1-21)
LEV 17:10-16   More on not eating blood
LEV 19:23-25   Timing of eating fruit from new trees
LEV 25:1-12   Harvesting & jubilee
NUM 6:1-4   Restricted foods for those especially separeted for the Lord
ECC 9:10   God approves of us eating and drinking wine
DAN 1:3-16   Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego eat only vegetables
MK 7:14-23   What comes out of you defiles you, not what you put in, so any food is officially spiritually acceptable (followup MT 15:15-20)
LK 10:8   As the disciples were being sent out Jesus tells them to eat anything that is presented to them and not worry about the regulations of the law
AC 10:9-16   Do not call anything impure that God has made clean
RO 14:1-4,14:14-15:3   When exercising the right to eat anything, consider the consciences of others not just your own
1CO 8   More on being considerate of the conscience of others
1CO 10:25-31   Still more on the conscience of others
1CO 15:39   Various kinds of flesh
1TI 4:1-5   God created all food to be enjoyed with thanksgiving
HEB 13:8-9   Strength comes from God, not rules
Stories where animals played a significant role
GE 1:20-25   God's creation of all animals
GE 3:1-15   The serpant in the Garden of Eden
GE 6:11-8:22   Noah and the ark
GE 9:8-15   Animals are included in God's covenant
NUM 22:21-35   Balaam's talking donkey
2KI 2:23-24   Bears come at Elisha's command
PS 148:7-13   Animals sing praises
ECC 3:18-21   When animals die
JOB 38:39-39:30   God asks Job about many animals
ISA 11:6-9,65:25   Lion and the Lamb
DAN 6   Daniel and the lions' den
JHN 1:1-2:10   Jonah and the great fish
MT 8:28-34   Jesus sends demons into pigs (also in MK 5:1-17 and LK 8:26-39)
MT 21:1-11   Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem on a donkey
AC 28:1-6   Paul shakes off a poisonous snake bite
Warnings
GE 4:7   Sin wants to have you, but you must overcome (compare to PR 5:22-23, RO 6:11-23 and RO 8:12-13, then JN 8:32)
JDG 17:6   People did what seemed right in their own eyes (repeated JDG 21:25)
1SA 15:22-23   Sacrifice vs obedience (compare to PS 40:6-8, PS 51:16-17, PR 15:8, PR 21:3,27, HOS 6:6 and 1CO 7:17-19)
1KI 20:35-36   What God says we need to do (no matter how strange)
ISA 5:18-19   This is aimed at unbelievers/scoffers, but a good reminder for those of us waiting on the second coming
PS 36:1-4   The result of non chalant sin
PS 127:1   If you are going to act alone (pretending you don't need God) then don't bother (compare PR 16:25)
PR 4:14-15   Don't even think about sinning
PR 13:3   Be cautious of self destructive speach (compare JAM 3:1-12)
PR 17:5   An alternate version of the golden rule
PR 24:17-18   Be cautious venting happiness even at your enemy's stumbling
PR 25:15,18   Sticks and stones can break your bones but names will scar for life
PR 26:24-26   Looks are deceiving
PR 21:13   Rude/stingy people do not get their prayers answered (compare PR 28:9, contrast JAM 5:16)
ECC 9:11   The key to success
ISA 44:6-20   Do not make idols, that is stupidity
ISA 50:11   Self sufficiency (supposed autonomy from God)
JER 7:9-11   Don't kid yourself that going to church on Sunday is going to save you if you sin like crazy the rest of the week
EZK 18:26   Turn from righteousness and die
MIC 3:9-12   Christians & Jews beware the temptation to get prideful in your faith
ZCH 7:13   Listen to God or He will not listen to you (duh)
MAL 3:5   God will put some people on trial and speak against them
MT 5:28   You can commit adultery without laying a finger on someone
MT 5:47   Don't just be nice to those who are nice to you first
MT 6:15   Forgive or you won't be forgiven (compare MK 11:25-26)
MT 7:21   Talk is cheap, back it up with actions
MT 8:11-12   Do not fall into the trap of "civilized" religion (see also MT 7:6)
MT 10:32,33   If you deny Jesus before men then he will deny you before God
MT 12:31-32   The unforgivable sin (repeated MK 3:28-29 and LK 12:8-10, see also 1JN 5:16-17)
JN 16:9   Short, to the point complaint of God for humanity
AC 7:51-8:1   If speak the truth be prepared to be hated, persecuted and murdered (see also John 5:1-15, JN 9:32-34, AC 13:42-45, AC 14:1-7 and AC 14:18-20)
AC 10:15   What God says goes
RO 2:1-4   We are all sinners (compare to the more common verse in RO 3:21-24)
RO 14:20-21   Be careful of others' weaknesses
RO 16:17-18   Watch out for malicious teachers
1CO 10:19-22   False gods are actually demons
1CO 11:26-30   Do not take communion with a wrong heart (compare to EX 12:43-45)
1CO 16:22   Paul is pretty blunt
HEB 10:26-31   Non-repentant sin
JAM 1:5-8   Doubt is very bad (questioning without doubt is ok)
JAM 2:10   It's like hanging on a chain, you fall just the same if one or all links break
JAM 2:19   Simply acknowleding God exists does you no good for salvation
JAM 3:1   God holds teachers to a higher standard of virtue
JAM 4:4   We must choose between God and the world, do not kid yourself that you can compromize and make both happy!!!
JAM 4:17   If you know you should do good but do not, that is one kind of sin
JAM 5:12   Be true to your word rather than giving oaths
1JN 2:15-16   Do not love the world
1JN 4:1-3   Demons lie (and are really good at it!) so know how to test them or risk being deceived
1JN 4:19-21   Don't underestimate the importance of the second commandment, especially don't kid yourself that you can neglect it in favor of the first
1JN 5:10   If we do not believe then we are calling God a liar (see 1JN 5:9-12)
2JN 1:10-11   Don't encourage theological inaccuracy
REV 14:9-11   When Satan declares war he will use people as pawns and they will be eternally punished for believing the lie, so don't be deceived!
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Things to Remember
DT 8:2-5   God gives bread the capacity to satisfy, it is not self present (quoted MT 4:1-4)
DT 8:10-20   Do not get complacent in your prosperity
1SA 8:4-9   Israel requests a king
2SA 22:21   Always do right
2KI 21:9   How quickly we can degrade
1CH 21:13   David would rather fall into the hands of an upset God than of any man
2CH 19:5-10   A mission statement for judges (followup PR 24:23-25)
JOB 14:4   Don't think you can
PS 4:8   [Little] comfort on a sleepless night
PS 11:3   Ken Ham's (Answers in Genesis) mantra (followup JN 3:12)
PS 23   One of those super famous chapters (followup PS 27)
PS 37:16   Perspective
PS 46:10   Ultimate comfort (regardless of circumstance)
PS 72   Mission statement (sort of) for kings (compare PS 101)
PS 79:12-13   God has heard it before and He will hear it again, so don't blame Him if He doesn't seem to believe you (repeated PS 80:17-18)
PS 97:10   Love God, hate evil
PS 106:3   Do what is right because it is right
PS 121:2   In need or especially in prosperity, remember who to look to
PS 131   Don't be overly concerned with philosophy
PR 10:12   Love is the best argument or bandaid
PR 16:2   God looks at the heart
PR 16:18   Another super famous verse
PR 19:3   If you are going to get mad at God, do it because he gave you a free will and did not make you a puppet
PR 25:11   There is such a thing as good criticism
PR 27:14   You morning people!!!
PR 29:26   True justice comes from God, not the king
ECC 3:16   It was a problem 3,100 years ago just like it is today (compare to HAB 1:4)
ISA 1:16-17   A plea to sinners (compare to JAM 1:27)
ISA 51:7-8   Cherish God's word, do not be afraid of [inevitable] scorn
ISA 59   Why there is evil in the world if God exists
ISA 64:4-8   We are the clay, you are the potter
ISA 66:1-4   Heaven is His throne, earth is his footstool, what we sacrifice is not as important as our worship & obedience (reference PS 50:9-15)
JER 9:23-24   What you may boast about (see also 1CO 1:31)
JER 29:11   God has a plan for each of us
JER 31:27-34   God's strategic plan (see also EX 9:16, EPH 1:9-10, EPH 3:9-11, COL 1:25-27, 2TI 1:9-10, HEB 8:7-13 and 1JN 2:27)
EZE 3:16-21   Mission statement for prophets (see also JER 1:17-19)
AMO 9:7-10   God has been at work on behalf of others besides Israel
HAB 1:5   Be amazed and die (repeated in AC 13:41)
MAL 2:7   A mission statement for priests
MT 20:1-16   God is gracious & mercifull but not fair (compare LK 12:48)
LK 12:4-5   Who to fear (compare PR 1:7 and 1JN 4:18)
LK 17:1-4   Temptation
LK 17:7-10   Do what is right because it is right, not for a reward
LK 19:23-26   God is a capitalist
LK 24:21   A wrong paradygm resulted in wrong understanding (also LK 19:21 and ACT 7:57-8:1)
JN 9:32-34   Great example of why the world hates us: sometimes we make too much sense but we contradict their paradigms (beware of MT 7:6 and compare to AC 7:51-8:1 mentioned above)
JN 15:18-25   The world hated Jesus so expect them to hate us too/even more (also JN 16:1-4)
JN 17:20-26   The Lord's real prayer (contrast to the Lord's model prayer in MT 9:6-13 and LK 11:2-4)
RO 1:20   There is no excuse for not knowing God (compare PS 19:1-4, AC 14:15-17 and AC 17:22-31)
1CO 2:1-5   The spirit is all you need to witness about your faith (compare 1TH 2:3-6)
1CO 4:7   All we have is from God
1CO 6:1-8   Do not sue other believers
1CO 10:13   Reassurance of/from temptation
1CO 13   Love is a verb, not a noun
2CO 7:8-11   There are two kinds of sadness: godly and worldly, with two very different results
2CO 12:8-9   God's grace is sufficient for us, His grace shines in our weekness
GAL 6:3   Do not get conceited/ complaceacent
GAL 6:7-9   God is sovereign, not us
EPH 5:6-14   We are supposed to be different
PHI 1:20-25   Paul's live or die line
PHI 4:6-7   Don't be anxious, have peace
COL 3:1-4   Keep focused on the right things (see also 1TI 4:7-11)
1TI 1:15-16   A trustworthy saying & prime example
1TI 2:1-7   Prayer is good, peace is good, this is why Jesus came
1TI 3:16   Summary of the Christian faith
1TI 5:24-25   Obvious and subtle
2TI 1:7   What we have
2TI 4:7-8   The goal
HEB 3:6-14   Don't be impatient with God
HEB 10:25   Go to church and/or Bible study
HEB 13:7,17   Remember and obey your pastor
JAM 4:10   To excel, be humble (compare 1PE 5:6 and the Beatitudes)
JAM 4:13-16   Don't boast of your own plans (see also gospel?)
JAM 4:17   The moment you understand what God is saying to you, that is the moment you are supposed to act
1PE 3:15   Individual witness (followup to great commission)
1PE 5:7   The great Comforter
1JN 3:16   Reminder of true "true love"
1JN 4:11   Simple logic to live by
1JN 5:3   Obedience to God is not really that difficult
1JN 5:21   Avoid temptation
REV 19:10   How angels should act when we get confused (compare REV 22:8-9)
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The correct attitude toward inevitable suffering
JN 17:15   We are not excused from suffering, we are expected to have peace about the outcome
PHI 1:28-30   Another perspective on expecting suffering for Christ
2TI 1:11-12   Another perspective on suffering for Christ
2TI 3:12   Plan on it
JAM 1:2-4   Perseverance has a perfect point
1PE 3:13-17   The bright side of suffering
1PE 4:4-5   We all answer to God for our actions
1PE 4:12-16   Why would you not want persecution
1JN 3:13   Expect it
REV 13:9-10,14:12-13   It is part of God's plan, so it must happen
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Concerning suffering (the opposite of comfort, which requires health) it is critical to understand God's perspective that our spiritual wholeness and the health of our eternal soul is infinitely more important than the comfort of our earthly bodies. Remember that all healing, even done by Jesus, is only temporary. We all die, but more important than when or how is what happens next.
The burden of being stronger
RO 14:1-15:3   Food
1CO 8:8-13   Food
1CO 9:20-23   Sensistive to culture
1CO 10:23-33   Put others ahead of yourself
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God Fights for Israel
EX 14:10-31   Crossing the Red Sea
JOS 6:20-21   Concquering Jericho
JDG 7   God & Gideon's army of 300
1SA 7:7-11   The Lords voice thunders from heaven
1SA 14:1-23   Jonathan and his armor-bearer attack over 9,000 Philistines (see 1SA 13:1-7 for the setup)
2KI 3:20-27   God sends a miracle to create enemy confusion
2KI 6:8-7:20   God warns the people when and where they will be attacked (includes the innumerable chariots of fire protecting Elisha)
2KI 19:35   The angel of the Lord kills 185,000 invaders (complete story is 2KI 18:13-19:37 and also told in 2CH 32:9-22.)
2CH 13:13-18   Judah on the defensive from Israel
2CH 14:8-15   The Lord strikes down the Cushites
2CH 20:1-30   God causes the invading armies of Edom to kill themselves
PS 44:1-7   Recap of what God did from a Jewish perspective
EZK 38:1-39:24   War of Gog and Magog
Do you believe God when He says all vengence is His? (DT 32:35) David did even after God had promised him to be king and yet the encumbant king and every king around was trying to murder him (PS 35)
National accountability/leadership
DT 17:14-20   Instructions for the king
JOS 7   One man's sin committed in secret almost ruined the entire nation, it certainly ruined those 3 dozen families (see background JOS 6:17-19,21,24)
1SA 12:14,24-25   Importance of national obedience
2SA 23:3-4   Positive reinforcement
2CH 26:3-5   Obedience brings success
2CH 34:23-28   Delay of judgement because of repentance
PS 2   God will laugh (at your futility), get angery and correct you if you choose your own path
PS 20:6-9   God, not instruments of war, brings victory (this does not mean those instruments are not a part of what it means to be at war, but it means we need to remember perspective of what causes victory.)
PS 33:10-12   Appart from God we can not succeed
PS 67:4-5   God is a good (the best) ruler
PS 76:11-12   He can and will "break" you, it is best to let Him do it sooner than later
PS 81:8-16   Why God is frustrated
PS 96:7-10   What it looks like
PS 124   A recount of how glad the king was after the fact (consider that long term victory in Christ "feels" infinitely better than the temporary pleasure gained by comitting any sin)
PR 11:14   Knowledge (and even more so wisdom) is power
PR 14:34-35   Fearing/following God makes a nation great
PR 28:2   When society looses its morals, the government does too
PR 29:4,12   Like a rudder steers a boat
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Women of the Bible
Anna   (temple prayer)   LK 2:36-38
Deborah   (judge over nation of Israel)   JDG 4-5
Delila   (girlfriend of Samson)   JDG 16:4-21
Elizabeth   (mother of John the Baptist)   LK 1:5-66
Ester   (Jewish queen of Persia)   EST
Eve   (the first woman)   GE 2:15-4:2
Hagar   (Sarah's servant, mother of Ishmael)   GE 16:1-15, 21:8-21
Hannah   (Samuel's mother)   1SA 1:1-2:11, 2:18-21
Jezebel   (wicked queen of Israel, by marriage only)   1KI 16:21, 18:4, 18:13, 18:19, 19:1-2, 21:1-26, 2KI 9:6-10, 2KI 9:22, 2KI 9:30-37
Leah   (wife of Jacob)   GE 29:16-30:21, 31:1-16, 33:1-7
Lydia   (purple cloth merchant)   AC 16:13-15,40
Mary   (mother of Jesus, wife of Joseph)   LK 8:19-21, JN 2:1-12, JN 19:25-27, AC 1:14
Mary Magdalene   (follower of Jesus)   LK 8:1-3, LK 24:1-11, JN 19:25, JN 20:1-2, JN 20:11-18
Naomi   (mother in law of Ruth)   RU
Priscila   (wife of Acquila)   AC 18:1-3,18,26, RO 16:3-5, 1CO 16:19
Rachel   (wife of Jacob, mother of Joseph)   GE 29:1-30:26, 31:1-35, 33:1-7, 35:16-20 (see also RU 4:11, JER 31:15 and MT 2:18)
Rahab   (helped spies in Jericho)   JOS 2, 6:15-25, MT 1:5, HEB 11:31, JAM 2:25
Rebekah   (wife of Isaac, mother of Jacob & Esau)   GE 22:23, 24, 25:19-26, 26:6-9, 26:34-27:46
Ruth   (faithful dauther in law of Naomi)   RU
Sapphira   (wife of Ananias)   AC 5:1-11
Sarah   (Sarai, wife of Abraham, mother of Isaac)   GE 11:29-13:2, 16:1-6, 17:15-21, 18:1-15, 21:1-13, 23:1-2 (also ISA 51:1-2, RO 9:6, HEB 11:11 and 1PE 3:5-6)
Tabitha   (girl resurrected by Peter)   AC 9:36-42
Unnamed   (Moses' mom & sister)   EX 2:1-10
Unnamed   (Jephthah's daughter)   JDG 11:29-40
Unnamed   (Job's wife)   JOB 2:9
Unnamed   (woman at the well)   JN 4:1-30
Unnamed   (demon posesed slave girl)   AC 16:16-18
Cavemen of the Bible
GE 19:28-30   Lot lives in a cave after Sodom and Gamora are destroyed
JOS 10:16-27   Kings try to hide in a cave to escape the Israelites invasion of the promised land
JDG 15:6-11   Samson lives in a cave for a time
1SA 22:1   David and soon his followers set up camp in a cave
1SA 24   David spares Saul's life in a cave (notice PS 57 and PS 142)
1KI 19:7-13   Elijah hides in a cave and God meets him there
Kinds of People God Uses
EX 3:1-4:18   Moses   Four times tries to talk his way out of serving
JDG 6:11-24,36-40   Gideon   Least member of his family, least family in his tribe, least tribe in the nation
1SA 16:4-13   David   Youngest of his brothers, just a shepard
JER 20:7-18   Jeremiah   Ridiculed and mocked
JON 1:3,4:1-3   Jonah   Prophet who disapproved of God's love
AC 6:1-10   Stephen   Called by the apostles to bus tables
AC 7:55-8:3   Paul   Severely persecuted Christians at first (initially known as Saul)
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We should be like children, but not babies
1CO 13:11   Act your age
1CO 14:20   Don't be childish in our understanding of spiritual matters but do be as innocent as babies of evil matters
EPH 4:14   Children are immature, the rest of us should be better
HEB 5:12-14   Babies only eat milk, mature people eat solid food
1PE 2:2-3   Crave spiritual guidance
1JN 5:1   Believers are children of God
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Human Characteristics (just an idea so far, isn't there a vocabulary word for this?)
EPH 4:25   The church is a body
 
 
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Gray nature (face value is ok, all to easy to over emphasize - this section is just an idea, here are initial concept notes)
-fine line btwn beauty and lust,
-urge to be entertained (constant busyness is our way of tricking ourselves into feeling like we are sovergn and do not need god),
-rest/recoop and apathy/self indulgance/self centeredness
How would history be different if...
GE 3   Either Adam or Eve had stood up to Satan?
GE 4   Cain had listened to God and not allowed sin to have him?
GE 9:1, 11:1-4   Noah's descendents voluntarily obeyed God and dispersed? (forced to obey in GE 11:8-9)
GE 16,21   Abram had defied his wife and not slept with her servant, Hagar? (Ishmael's descendants became the Arabs & Issac's descendents the Jews)
GE 22:1-18   Abraham had failed God's test?
GE 25,27,28   Jacob had trusted God to cary out his plans his own way?
GE 37:2-11   Joseph had not bragged about his dreams?
GE 37:17-32   Joseph's brothers hadn't sold him into slavery?
EX 2:11-12   Moses had not killed that Egyptian?
EX 32:9-14   Moses had not interceded for Israel? (complete story is EX 32)
NU 13:16-33   All 12 spies had the attitude (faith) of Caleb and Joshua?
LK 1:26-45   Mary had doubted?
MT 27:11-26   Pilot did not cave? (also in MK 15:1-15, LK 23:1-25, JN 18:28-19:16, contrast to Gallio, governor of Corinth in AC 18:12-17)
JN 19:25-27   Joseph had been present at the crucifixion? (also MT 27:55-56 and MK 15:40-41)
Do we automatically go to hell if we do not know Jesus?
JN 15:5-15   Holy Spirit will convict the world, not just believers (leaning towards yes)
AC 4:12   There is only one path to salvation (sounds like yes)
AC 14:15-17   Preemptive followup to the famous "no excuse" verse RO 1:20 (sounds like yes)
RO 1:20   We have no excuse for not knowing God, and God will always lead us to His Son (sounds like yes)
RO 10:9-14   Salvation comes from faith, which comes from belief, which comes from knowledge (sounds like yes)
1CO 16:22   Paul is pretty blunt (sounds like yes)
1PE 4:17-18   The only reason believers even make it to heaven is their faith, not their works, so no way for unbelievers
1JN 5:12   Considering we all exist in a conscious state forever (vs?) I would sure want life
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The law, faith and deeds
AC 13:38-41   The law does not make tarnished people clean
RO 2:13,25-27   Obedience is more important than awareness (though never forget awareness is necessary for accurate obedience) and obedience/faith is infinitely more important than ancestry or tradition
RO 3:19-22   The law eliminates our excuses for not being aware of our own sin by showing us the minimum standard, but God allowed us a better alternative through faith in Christ
RO 3:28   Faith is more important than obedience
RO 3:30-4:8   Righteousness granted by faith is a gift, not earned
RO 4:13-16   Anyone may have faith and be accepted by God (not just God's "chosen people")
RO 5:20-21   The law was given to show us how evil we are (as opposed to given as a way to earn our salvation)
RO 7:7-14   The law is what made us aware of our sin, but do not blame the law or God
RO 9:15-16   No amount of good works will make you right with God, He never said the strategy of working for your salvation would succeed and in fact says the opposite in many ways
RO 9:30-10:4   Faith is basically trust, trust God that He knows what is best
RO 10:9-13   Salvation comes from trust, nothing else
2CO 1:24   There is no prescribably right way to act on your faith
2CO 3:5-18   The law was good, but the Spirit is better (compare 2CO 4:3-4)
2CO 5:7   A definition of faith
GAL 2:16,21   The law is not salvific, faith in Jesus is
GAL 3   Miracles happen when faith is high, not when all the commandments are being obeyed
GAL 5:1-5   The law brings slavery but Christ brings freedom
GAL 5:18   The Spirit completely overrules the law
EPH 2:9   Salvation is by faith alone specifically to put us in our place when we feel like bragging or being proud
EPH 6:8   Deeds are still important
PHI 3:3-9   Deeds are not enough
COL 2:16-23   Rules are not as important as relationship, don't believe when people claim to have "new revelations" from God for they have been deceived (see 2CO 11:14-15 and MT 7:15)
1TI 1:5-11   What and who the law was for
JAM 1:22   However, if you have faith but ignore the law then you are a fool
TIT 2:13-14   Faith and deeds are (supposed to be) inseperable
TIT 2:9   Avoid arguing over details of the law
HEB 7:19   The law alone is no good
REV 22:12   Faith saves but we will be repaid by deeds
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Do not be lazy, act on your faith
MT 7:24-27   Jesus' building/foundation parabel
LK 11:27-28   Put God's word into practice
JN 13:17   We will be blessed for doing God's will
JN 14:15   This is one way to prove you love someone
AC 26:20   The proof of repentance
HEB 10:24   Actively think of ways to do good deeds and motivate others to do the same
JAM 1:22   Do not be a fool
JAM 1:22-26   Without good deeds you are a hypocrite, but deeds without explicit purpose do not count
JAM 2:14-26   Faith without deeds is worthless
1JN 3:17-18   How to love your neighbor
The invisible, supernatural world all around us that is right in front of our faces
NUM 22:21-35   A talking donkey (referenced in 2PE 2:15-16)
1CH 21:7-30   God serverly punishes Israel because of David's sin
1SA 4:1-11,5-6   The Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, pt1
2SA 6:1-7   The Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, pt2 (compare 1CH 13)
1KI 8:1-11   The Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, pt3 (compare 2CH 5, concluded REV 11:19)
2KI 6:8-23   The hills were covered with invisible horses & chariots of fire
Unusual Life & Death Stories
GE 2:7   The creation of the first man, Adam.
GE 2:22   The creation of the first woman, Eve.
GE 5:24   The departure of Enoch.
GE 5:5   Adam lived to be an old man!
GE 6:4   We have no idea what this is referring to. Could this be where the Greeks got their legends?
NUM 3:4   Nadab and Abihu, perhaps following in Cain's way of trying to worship God their own way rather than how God asked
NUM 16   Iisraelites grumble against God (compare GE 4:7)
NUM 20:1-13   Moses condemns himself
1SA 10:1-16   So often we hear God speak to us and tell us the future and we just say "ok", not expecting Him to change us along the way. We assume things have always been and always will be the same (2PE 3:4-7) but He does change us
2SA 23:8   God was with David and his soldiers as they purged the final enemies of God in the promised land (see also 2SA 21:20-22, repeated 1 CH 11:11 and 1 CH 20:7)
1KI 13:11-32   A prophet lies and causes another prophet to be cursed (see back story in verses 1-10)
1KI 17:8-24   A widow's son is restored
1KI 20:35-36   A man is killed for not hitting a prophet
2KI 1:9-12   Fire of God fell from heaven and killed them all
2KI 2:7-15   Swing low sweat chariot (the departure of Elijah)
2KI 4:32-37   Elisha brings a boy back to life
2KI 9:30-37   Prophesy about Jezebel comes true
2KI 13:20-21   Touching Elisha's bones
2KI 17:24-28   God sends lions
1CH 13:6-10   Uzzah tries to touch the ark without permission
1CH 20:4-8   Descendants of the giants of Gath
DAN 3   Shadrach, Meshach and Abbendigo & the furnace
DAN 6   Daniel and the lions' den
MT 27:50-53   Mini resurrection
MT 28:11-15   Guards bribed to say they fell asleep, even though this would be admission of a capitol crime (compare to AC 12:18-19)
LK 1:26-38   A virgin conceives (before science allows)
JN 11:1-44   Lazarus is resurrected
LK 16:19-31   Parable of another Lazarus and a rich man experiencing eternity
AC 5:1-11   Man & wife try to lie to the Holly Spirit
AC 9:32-43   Peter brings Tabitha back to life
AC 12:20-23   Herod is struck down
AC 13:6-12   Paul strikes Elymas with temporary blindness
AC 20:7-12   Tired boy falls out a window
RO 5:17   Evolution is a total lie (see also 1CO 15:21-22)
1CO 10:8-10   Collection of unfortunate people
1PE 4:6   Preaching to those already dead (at the time, no indication this continues today)
REV 11:7-12   The two witnesses
More Unusual Stories
JDG 5:20   Stars fought?
JOB 40:15-24   Behemoth
JOB 41:1-34   Leviathian (also mentioned JOB 3:8,PS 74:13-14, PS 104:26 and ISA 27:1)
PS 107:23-30   Calming of the sea, compare to JNH 1:4-16, MT 8:23-27, MK 4:35-41 and LK 8:22-25
2KI 2:23-24   Bears come at Elisha's command
2KI 3:11-20   Pools of water come from nowhere
2KI 6:1-7   Floating ax head
EZK 37:1-14   Valley full of dry bones become an army of living soldiers
DA 4   King Nebuchadnezzar's hiatus
DA 5   The hand of God writes on the wall
MT 17:1-9   The transfiguration of Jesus (also in LK 9:28-36)
JN 12:27-30   God speaks to Jesus in front of a large crowd
AC 6:15   Stephen's face shines bright as an angel
AC 8:39-40   Phillip caught up
AC 19:11-12   Paul's handkerchiefs
AC 28:1-6   Shake off a poisonous snake bite
AC 13:6-12   The sorcerer at paphos
1PE 3:18-20   Spirits in prison since Moses' day
2PE 2:10-11   Celestial beings/glorious ones?
JUDE 1:6   Another reference to angels in prison
JUDE 1:9   Michael confronts Satan (followup to DT 34:5-6)
More one liners worth remembering
PS 19:12-14   A prayer of David
1CH 4:10   The prayer of Jabez
JER 17:18   The prayer of Jeremiah
JOEL 2:11-12   God's plea through Joel
AMO 5:4   God's plea through Amos
MIC 7:7-10   The prayer of Micah
ZCH 7:8-10   God's plea through Zechariah (compare to EX 22:22-24, PS 82:3-4, ISA 1:16-17 and JAM 1:27)
MT 6:9-13   The Lord's model prayer (also LK 11:2-4) but JN 17 is the Lord's real prayer
PH 1:9-11   The prayer of Paul
Miracles just for the sake of God's glory or demonstrating his power
GE 1:1-2:4   Creation
GE 41:45,54-55   There was a famine on half the continent for seven years just to get Joseph's brothers to bow down to him and repent
EX 19:16-20   God descends on Mount Sinai
EX 13:21-22   Pillar of cloud by day, fire by night
1KI 18   Elijah's contest at Mount Carmel
1KI 19:1-18   Elijah at Sinai with God
2KI 20:1-11   The Sun goes backwards (also in ISA 38:1-8)
2CH 7:3   God christens his temple (commissioned by Solomon)
DAN 6   Daniel and the lions' den
MT 8:23-27   Jesus calms the storm
MT 9:1-8   Jesus heals a paralyzed man
MT 9:32-33   Jesus casts out a demon
MT 27:50-54   Earthquake, temple curtain & reincarnations at time of Jesus' death (also MK 15:37-39 and LK 23:45)
MK 16:9   Jesus rises from the dead
LK 24:50-52   Jesus rises to Heaven
JN 9   Jesus gives sight to a man born blind
JN 11:1-45   Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead after 4 days
Good examples of voluntarily giving God glory in public
GE 41:14-16   Joseph & Pharoh (complete story of Joseph is GE 37, 39-50)
DA 3:13-19   Shadrack, Meshack, Abendigo & Nebuchadnezzar (complete story is DA 3)
JN 11:41-42   Jesus raises Lazarus (complete story is JN 11:1-45)
Anomalies (either just at first glance or really weird)
GE 6:3   120 years? Is this the time to the flood, a new lifespan limit, other? Anyone who tries can shoot these ideas down, so what does it mean?
GE 10:25   Curious comment about the earth. It's not clear if this is a geological reference or political. The timing is about right for the seperation of Pangea into the continents.
GE 14:17-20   Melchizedek? (referenced PS 110:4, HEB 5-7)
GE 15:13-16   400 years but only 4 generations?
GE 32:22-32   Jacob/Israel claims to have seen the face of God yet the text only says "man"?
EX 4:24-26   God was going to kill Moses but Zipporah had a strange way of rescuing him
EX 19:23   God repeats himself?
EX 24:9-11   Moses and the elders see God (and more) but are not killed
1KI 22:24-25   A former prophet (at best) slaps a real prophet and gets condemned but we don't get the followup
2KI 13:18-19   A prophet having a bad day? This was probably intentional, even if it sounds strange after the fact
PS 139:15   We are formed in depths of Earth? Clearly this is not a biological reference, perhaps it is something else we are unaware of?
PS 127:1   A proverb of Solomon in Psalms?
ECC 1:9   Nothing new?? What about the dozen references to "new" between the books of Isaiah and John? (Especially ISA 43:19, JER 31:31, MK 1:27, JN 13:34.) And then there's HAB 1:5, the virgin birth, God becoming flesh and God dying & resurrecting? Solomon was extremely concerned about finding his own meaning in life independent from external sources and his conclusion that there is none apart from God lead him to despare, which is where he wrote the book of Ecclesiastes.
ISA 8:1-4   Was Isaiah the prophet married? (Not that this would have been wrong, this passage just reads a little weird.)
MT 4:4   We are not sustained by food but by words? (consider in light of DT 8:2-5, compare to JN 4:34)
MT 11:2-6   Blessed is the man who does not fall away because Jesus? (repeated LK 7:18-23, then consider MT 11:11 and LK 7:28)
MK 8:22-26   Jesus heals a man twice? (Most likely due to the man's half present faith, but if so then he is lucky to have been healed at all)
LK 1:24-25   Happy yet secluded?
LK 2:25-35   A sword will pierce her soul?
LK 4:28-30   Jesus non chalantly slipped through a mob? (also JN 10:39, JN 12:36)
JN 1:21,25   Who is "the" prophet?
JN 4:34   Food/nourishment? (compare MT 4:4, LK 4:4, DT 8:3)
JN 8:59   Jesus cloaked?
JN 20:22   Jesus breaths on them? (compare to GE 2:7)
ACT 16:6   Paul kept by the Spirit from preaching?
RO 9:13   God hated one of His earlier creations? Not really, you must backtrack what Paul is quoting (MAL 1:2-3). God was referring to the disobedient tribe, not the individual. Follow the story: GE 25:30, NU 20:14-21, NU 21:4 and OB 1:8-14
1CO 5:1-5   Hand over a non repentant believer to Satan so his sinful nature will be destroyed? (see The Message translation: 1CO 5:3-5)
1CO 9:5   Did Paul have a wife?
1CO 15:29   What's up with that middle part, baptism for the dead?
JAM 1:23-25   If this does not convict you then think about it again. It is saying we look in a mirror and we see ourselves, but our pride makes us think we look awesome when in reality we look like a mess. If we were taking our kids to a paid photo shoot and they had just eaten spaghetti really messily and their hair was blown all over and we said to them "go look in a mirror and clean yourself up" but when they looked at their reflection they just said "why" then any parent knows we would "educate" them in their error. Yet we do this every time we metaphorically look in a spiritual mirror. You can bet this annoys God.
JUDE 1:13   Dark matter?
REV 21:13   Why is it explained east, north, south, west? (Is there significance, maybe not?)
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Foreign customs to 21st century "westerners"
GE 18:1-5,19:1-2   Abraham's and Lot's high respect for complete strangers visiting him
GE 27:28-40   Isaac's blessing was literal and he didn't repeal or augment when given to the wrong person
EX 29:7   Anointing with oil (also LEV 8:12, LEV 14:18,29, 1SA 10:1, PS 23:5, PS 133:1-2, PS 141:5, MT 6:17, LK 7:46)
PS 23:4   Rod & staff? (also PR 13:24, PR 22:15, others)
MT 21:2-5   Riding into town on a donkey? (also MK 11:2-7, LK 19:28-36, JN 12:14-16)
LK 1:24   Pregnant = seclusion 5 mo?
JN 10:34-36   Jewish declared gods? (reference to PS 82)
1CO 11:4-16   Head coverings for men and women
1CO 14:34-35   Women be silent in church
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Acknowledged blatant violations by the modern church (this section has barely been started, here are initial concept ideas)
-homosex
-divorce
-sex out of marriage
-abortion
-women pastors
-absolute truth
Judging (not judgement)
PS 75:2-10   God alone has the right
MT 7:1-5   Do not be judgemental
JN 3:16-18   Jesus was sent 2,000 year ago to save the world, not bring judgement upon it (He will return and bring jugement, but not yet)
JN 8:1-11   Let he who is without sin cast the first stone
JN 12:47-48   Christ does/will not judge us, even in our disobedience, until He returns again
RO 14:9-18   Since Christ is lord [not us] why judge each other?
1CO 4:3-5   Judge nothing, wait for Christ to return
1CO 5:9-13   God will deal with non-believers, so do not judge them, but for believers be very critical of explicit hypocrisy
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Editor's note: speaking of judgement, do you believe God when he says He is slow to anger & full of love (EX 34:6-7) and then later when He says why He came in the most famous verse in the Bible (JN 3:16-17). Consider the following examples where God witheld judgement (punishment) much longer than you or I likely would have:
  • Abraham, Sodom & Gamorah (GE 18:16-33)
  • Israel's nation wide disobedience & how many generations it took for God to exile them (...)
  • God restored his people after only two generations of exile (...)
  • God sent his Son knowing how He would be treated (...)
  • God has been holding back judgment just for our benefit (...)
    • End Times (the Last Days)
    ISA 5:18-19   This is aimed at unbelievers/scoffers, but a good reminder for all
    JOB 19:25   Jesus will reign over the planet
    PS 21:8-12   A prayer calling for it rather than explicit prophecy
    PS 50:1-6   God summons all humanity (really PS 50:1-23)
    PS 102:25-26   The world/universe we know will be replaced
    ISA 13:9-13   The stars (including the Sun and then the Moon) will go dark
    ISA 24:1-23   The earth will be laid waste & devastated
    ISA 26:19   The earth will give birth to her dead
    ISA 32:1-8   No longer will the fool be called noble
    ISA 34:1-4   The sky [will be] rolled up like a scroll
    ISA 51:5-6   The sky will disappear and earth wear out like cloth
    ISA 60   Darkness will cover the earth, except Jerusalem. Ships like clouds?
    ZCH 2:1-5   Wall of fire around city
    JER 49:34-39   In the last days the fotunes of the city of Elam will be restored
    EZK 36:1-15   Refertilization of Israel
    EZK 36:16-38   Exiles return and get a new dose of Spririt
    EZK 37:15-28   Israel and Judah reunited with one leader
    EZK 38-39   Gog attacks Israel but is thwarted by God and backfires (also in REV 20:1-9)
    EZK 40-48   Vision of God's future temple
    DAN 7   Four beasts
    DAN 9:20-27   Seventy sevens
    DAN 10-12   Northern and southern kingdoms continuously fight
    JOEL 1-3   Locust plague, visions & dreams abound
    JOEL 2:1-11,28-32   Wonders on heaven and earth, including sun going dark (also in JOEL 3:15-16)
    MIC 4:1-7   A few insights
    ZEP 1:2-6   God is mad, here is why
    ZCH 14   Whoa
    MAL 4:1-3   The wicked will be burned up and the righteous will tread upon them
    MT 12:33-37   We will be held accountable for our speach on "judgement day"
    MT 13:36-43,47-50   Good and evil people will have different fates
    MT 16:27-28   Jesus will judge us by our deeds (could this be a reference to the ressurection rather than last days?)
    MT 24:36   No one knows when Jesus will return except God the Father (also in ACT 1:6-7)
    MT 25:31-46   How we treat others during our time on Earth is extremely important
    MK 13   Lots of stuff (compare LK 21:5-36) (though some of this refers to destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD)
    LK 11:31-32   Unexpected judges
    LK 13:22-30   It is important to know God personally and not enough to simply acknowledge His existance
    LK 17:20-37   Signs, false signs and timing
    LK 19:11-27   Investing (obedience) and consequences (disobedience)
    AC 2:16-21   Did Peter think JOEL 2:28-32 was being fulfilled that day? The rest of Joel 2 seems to be more about the end times?
    1CO 15:21-28   The end of the end (or the end of the beginning)
    1CO 15:51-53   One of the passages used to support the concept of the "rapture" (see also 1TH 4:16-17)
    1TH 4:13-5:11   Paul writes a whole letter for reassurance that (but not when) Jesus will return
    2TH 1:7-10   Jesus will return in a blazing fire
    1TI 4:1-5   People will turn away from their faith and follow demons
    1TI 6:15   At the perfect time
    2TI 3:1-9   People will love only themselves, money, be boastful and proud, scoff at God, disobedient to their parents and ungrateful.
    2TI 4:3-4   Selective learning
    1PE 4:7   The end is near, pray hard
    2PE 3:3-13   The heavens will be lit on fire and our world will be caught up in the destruction. Scoffers will mock truth, follow their own desires, deny God's role in creation
    REV 20:11-15   A second death and lake of fire
    Future Times (new Heaven, new Earth, new bodies, life after death, etc.)
    PS 84:10   Better than anything we can imagine
    ISA 65:17-25   So wonderful we will not even think about the old world
    ISA 66:22-24   We will worship God and see in horror those who rebelled against Him
    DAN 12:2-3   Some go to heaven and some go to hell
    MK 12:25   No marriage (also LK 20:34-36)
    LK 16:19-31   The rich man and Lazarus
    RO 8:23   New bodies
    1CO 13:8-13   We will have unprecidented understanding of everything
    1CO 15:35-55   Paul compares earthly and heavenly bodies to seeds that die and are raised to new life as something even greater
    2CO 5:1-10   God will hand make new heavenly bodies for us
    EPH 2:7   There will be multiple future ages
    PHI 3:21   Another offhand matter of fact reference
    1TH 4:13-5:11   Description of the resurrection of believers
    2PE 3:13   Full of righteousness
    1JN 3:2   He intentionally has not told us everything yet
    REV 7:13-17   Serve God day and night, never go hungery or thirsty or get scorched by the heat of the sun
    REV 21:1-7   The arrival of the new heaven and new earth
    REV 21:22-22:5   The New Jerusalem with the river and trees of life



    		Differentiations



    		Questioning versus Doubting God   (this section is just an idea so far, here are my initial concept notes)
    Summary highlights of how "to be or not to be"

    To be or not to be content   (this section is just an idea so far, here are my initial concept notes)
    Always content with what you have  
    JOB 1:21
    PR 12:12
    PR 16:19,32
    ECC 6:9
    PHI 4:11-13
    1TI 6:6-10
    ...
    		 Never content with what you give
    PR 21:26
    1TI 6:18
    ...

    Jesus: Lion and Lamb   (this section is just an idea so far, here are my initial concept notes)




    		Closer Looks



    		Is the Bible Relevant Today?
    Ahead of Science
    GE 2:24   2 people becoming 1 flesh (conception was not biologically understood until ?)
    GE 6:14-16   The design God gave to Noah to build the ark are still used in modern ship building today (worldwideflood.com)
    ISA 40:22   The circle of the earth (written about ? BC, but heliocentrism was not given credit by the western world until the mid 17th century)
    LEV 13-14   Dealing with diseases (germs were not discovered by the western world until the mid 16-17th centuries)
    LEV 14:8   Bathing suggestions are mentioned 22 times in Leviticus and Numbers
    Origin of Traditions
    7 day week: GE 1:1-2:3 (reinforced in EX 20:8-11, EX 23:12, EX 31:14-17, EX 34:21, EX 35:1-3, LEV 23:3 and DT 5:12-15)
    Human supremacy: GE 1:26-28
    Diet/nutrition: GE 1:29-30 (plants) GE 9:1-4 (meat) LEV 3:17 (no fat or blood)
    Gardening: GE 2:15
    Marriage: GE 2:24
    Clothes: GE 3:6-14
    Birth labor being a pain: GE 3:16
    Work being a pain: GE 3:17-19
    Various standards of morality: EX 20:1-17 (the 10 commandments) EX 21:1-23:13 (fairness, crime, justice) LEV 18-20 (perversion, holiness) LEV 24:17-22 (eye for an eye) LEV 25:1-12 (jubilee)
    Editors note: The 'law' was given at a time when the recipients had just been freed from hundreds of years of earthly bondage. It was not given to help them free themselves, they were already free! It was to inform them how to live to prolong their freedom. Not as arbitrary stipulations of a ritualistic God, but as insight into a form of "source code" of how people were designed to live (LEV 25:18-19). Even still its ultimate intent was actually far greater (RO 3:19-28).
    The Golden Rule: MT 7:12, LK 6:27-31, MT 5:38-41

    The 10 Commandments   (this section is just an idea so far, here are my initial concept notes)
    See EX 19-20:20, EX 31:18-34:35, DT 5 and DT 9-10:5.

    Commandment   Memory Key   Comments See also verses  
    1 One
    2 Taboo no idols
    3 Vanity name & reputation linked, misuse ~ disconnected
    4 Church door sabath EX 31:12-18, JER 17:21-27, MT 12:1-13
    5 Alive murder MT 5:21-26
    6 6 feed under hate
    7 7 year itch lust MT 5:27-30
    8 Go straight steel
    9 Malign lie
    10 Perfect 10 covet
    • First four are about our relationship with God, last six are about our relationship with others.
    • What is the point? (paul tells this informs us of sin, not makes us good)
    • What can we do then? (GAL 5:22-23)
    • Most important commandment? (MT 22:34-40 and MK 12:28-34)

    Special numbers to the Hebrews/Israelites/Jews   (this section is just an idea so far, here are my initial concept notes)
    1   
    3   
    7    Completion
    12   
    40   
    70   

    Breakdown of Proverbs   (this section is just an idea so far, here are my initial concept notes)
    4 Kinds of Proverbs
    Synonymous (two similar ideas) 11:19
    Antithetical   (two opposite ideas) 10:17
    Synthetic (additive) 29:5
    Comparative (explain life) 26:14
    4 Kinds of People

    Seven Days of Creation
    Day 1  GE 1:1-5   God created the Earth as a formless, empty, dark, mass of water. In addition God created light, but also allowed darkness, thereby allowing night and day.Note there are no stars and therefore no Sun yet, and the world was water first, not dust & gas.
    Day 2  GE 1:6-8   God separated water below from water above, thereby creating the sky.Note, could this water have been dropped to Earth in the great flood? If not then this does not make sense since clouds are not comprable to the seas.
    Day 3  GE 1:9-13   God created dry land and formed the specific seas. Then he invented seed bearing plants, including trees.Note there is still no Sun.
    Day 4  GE 1:14-19   God created the stars, as well as two great lights (the Sun and Moon).
    Day 5  GE 1:20-23   God created water creatures and birds.
    Day 6  GE 1:24-2:1  God created land creatures, then Adam and then Eve.Note, God made male and female in one verse. It is not until three verses later that it says there was the sixth day, so they must have been made on the same day.
    Day 7  GE 2:2-3   God rested.Note, this is not an exhaustion rest, but a sit back and enjoy rest.

    Other passages that describe what happened at the dawn of time:
    GE 2:4-3:24   More detail on Adam & Eve and their disobedience
    EX 31:12-17   Six 24 standard hour time periods for creation is built into the 4th of the 10 Commandments
    JOB 38:1-38   An eyewitness account of creation from a different perspective
    ISA 14:12-15   Satan attempted to overthrow God
    ISA 48:12-13   Laying the foundations
    EZE 28:11-19   Satan's background
    MT 19:4   Male & female he made (not evolved) them in the beginning (not years later) (repeated in MK 10:6)
    JN 1:1-5   It is even in a gospel
    HEB 11:1-3   It was never meant to make sense, if it did we would not need faith
    2PE 2:4-9   Angels were sent to hell for sinning (also references the world wide flood and other Genesis stories)
    REV 12:1-9   Angels & demons war
    Read my 'Creation vs Evolution FAQ' page...

    Genesis: the origin of...
    Obvious physical things
    		 Observable realities
    		 Moral standards
    		 Subtle
    ·animals
    ·birds
    ·continents
    ·dinosaur (and most other) fossils
    ·fish
    ·hand tools
    ·light
    ·musical instruments
    ·people
    ·planets
    ·plants
    ·rainbows
    ·stars
    		 ·death
    ·eating & diets
    ·labor is painful
    ·languages
    ·life
    ·life spans
    ·music
    ·people cover the globe
    ·races
    ·reproductive pattern (biogenesis)
    ·sacrafice
    ·suffering
    ·work is hard work
    		 ·clothing
    ·human supremacy & responsibility
    ·marriage
    ·men relationship to women
    ·murder
    ·need for savior
    ·separation from God
    ·women relationship to men
    		 ·human attraction to gardening/ care taking
    ·most animals fear (avoid attacking) humans
    ·Satantic influences

    24/6! ... 24/7 ~ Geneis 1-11!

    My brief outline of Genesis
    1:1-2:4   Creation, general
    2:4-25   Creation, emphasis on Adam
    3   The fall of man
    4   Cain & Abel
    5   The early descendents of Adam & Eve
    6:1-8   Briefing on current events
    6:9-9:17   Noah and the global flood
    9:18-10:32   The early descendents of Noah
    11:1-9   The Tower of Babel
    11:10-11:32   The early descendents of Shem (Noah's first son)
    12-23   Abraham (Abram) & Sarah (Sarai)
    24-26   Isaac & Rebekah
    27-35   Jacob, Rachel & Leah
    36   The early descendents of Esau
    37-50   Joseph



    		My personal outline of Revelation



       1:1-8 Intro
       1:9-20 A vision of Christ
    Letters to the seven churches
       2:1-7 Ephesus
       2:8-11 Smyrna
       2:12-17 Pergamum
       2:18-29 Thyatira
       3:1-6 Sardis
       3:7-13 Philedelphia
       3:14-22 Laodicia
       4:1-11 God worshiped on his throne by 4 animals and 24 elders (remember EZK 1:1-3:14)
    Beginning of the Great Tribulation with a scroll with seven seals
       5:1-14 Who is worthy to open the scroll? Jesus the Lamb of God
       6:1-8 Breaking the 1st four seals brings the "Four Horsement of the Appocalypse":
    · White: wins victories
    · Red: removes peace from Earth
    · Black: (not clear, some sort of judgement)
    · Pale green: brings death to ¼ the Earth
       6:9-11 Breaking the 5th seal brings martyrs asking for justice, but they are told to wait
       6:12-17 Breaking the 6th seal makes the heaves, mountains and islands disappear, and the sky is rolled back and taken away, and all people try to hide from judgement
       7:1-8 Four angels hold back the four winds of the Earth, and God's people get his seal on their forehead
       7:9-17 Innumerable people robed in white worship God
       8:1-2 Breaking the 7th seal brings silence for ½ hour, then 7 angels are given 7 trumpets
       8:3-5 An angel offers insence to God
    Seven trumpets
       8:6-12 The first 4 angels blow their trumpets
       8:13-9:12 The 5th angel blows the 5th trumpet, bringing the 1st terror: locusts with horses bodies, human heads and a scorpion's sting to torture people for 5 months
       9:13-21 The 6th angel blows the 6th trumpet, bringing the 2nd terror: 4 more angels on horses bring fire, smoke and burning sulfer
       10:1-11 An angel has a sweet and sour scroll and warns of the 3rd terror
       11:1-4 The 2 witnesses
       11:5-19 The 7th angel blows the 7th trumpet, lots of voices are heard in heaven and God's temple opens
    Dragon and the two beasts
       12:1-18 The symbolic woman and the dragon, a metaphorical history lesson (followup 17:1-7)
       13:1-10 The 1st beast comes out of the sea and serves the dragon
       13:11-18 The 2nd beast comes out of the earth and serves the 1st (14-15: the statue (see DAN 9:27, 11:31-32, 12:11-12, MT 24:15-25, MK 13:14-23) 16-18: the mark)
    End of the Great Tribulation
       14:1-5 144,000 worship God with a new song
       14:6-13 3 angels fly across the sky with proclamations and warnings
       14:14-16 The righteous are harvested from the Earth
       14:17-20 The unrighteous are harvested from the Earth
       15:2-4 The righteous praise God on a sea of glass & fire
    Seven bowls
       15:1,5-16:1 7 angels are introduced with the last 7 plagues
       16:2 1st angel, 1st plague: sores appear on those carrying the mark of the beast
       16:3 2nd angel, 2nd plague: the sea turns to blood and everything in it dies
       16:4-7 3rd angel, 3rd plague: the rivers & springs turn to blood
       16:8-9 4th angel, 4th plague: a sun burst burns everyone, they curse God but do not repent
       16:10-11 5th angel, 5th plague: kingdom of the beast plunged into darkness, people again curse God and do not repent
       16:12 6th angel, 6th plague: Euphrates dried up in prep for war
       16:13-16 3 frogs (spirits) come from the mouth of the beast, preparations begin for war at Armageddon
       16:17-21 7th angel, 7th plague: the worst earthquake the world has ever seen followed by 75 pound hailstorm followed by more grumbling against God
    End of time
       17:1-7 John is shown a vision of a woman (prostitute) sitting on a dragon (remember ch 12)
       17:8-18 The vision is explained by an angel
       18:1-24 Angelic and divine description of the impending complete and final destruction of Babylon
       19:1-10 Heaven rejoices at the fall of Babylon
       19:11-16 The 2nd comming of Jesus Christ
       19:17-21 The 'battle' of Armageddon (pretty lopsided), the imprisonment of the beast and the false prophet
       20:1-3 Temporary imprisonment of Satan
       20:4-6 The 1,000 year reign of Christ and the resurrected martyrs of the beast
       20:7-9 Satan let free, gathers people to war against God, but God just sends fire from heaven and kills them all
       20:10 Satan imprisoned forever
       20:11-15 The 2nd (final) judgement and 2nd death (for those whose names are not written in the Book of Life)
    Beginning of eternity
       21:1-8 Presentation of the new Heaven, new Earth & new Jerusalem (compare 21:1 to 20:11)
       21:9-27 Detailed description of the new Jerusalem city
       22:1-5 Description of the river and trees just outside the city
       22:6-21 Concluding remarks (especially do not add or subtract)



    		All Book Summary



    Book Abbrev. Author AC Type † MFV Summary
    Genesis GE Moses TA History 50 1:1 Origin of the universe, all people and the Jewish nation
    Exodus EX Moses TA History 40 10:3 Exit from Egypt, first exposure to the moral law
    Leviticus LEV Moses TA History 27 Holy God explains how to worship Him with the cerimonial law for the Levites
    Numbers NU Moses TA History 36 Mix of statistics, cerimonial reminders, and events during the wandering
    Deuteronomy DT Moses SE Recap 34 6:4 Repetition of the law & national history (written just before they enter the promised land)
    Joshua JOS Joshua TA History 24 1:7 Taking the promised land
    Judges JDG Samuel P History 21 17:6 Early years as a soverign nation
    Ruth RU Samuel P History 4 1:16 Two womens' struggle for faith and survival
    1 Samuel 1SA Samuel P History 31 8:7 The prophet Samuel, king Saul, servant David
    2 Samuel 2SA Abiathar P History 24 12:7 King David's military victories and family struggles
    1 Kings 1KI Jeremiah P History 22 18:24 King Solomon, the kingdom divides, prophet Elijah (probably written during Babalonian captivity)
    2 Kings 2KI Jeremiah P History 25 The prophet Elisha, Israel conquered, then Judah
    1 Chronicles 1CH Ezra TA Recap 29 Geneology of Adam to Saul and reign of David (also probably written during Babalonian captivity, reassuring Jews they are God's chosen people)
    2 Chronicles 2CH Ezra TA Recap 36 Reign of Solomon (compare 1 Kings)
    Ezra EZR Ezra TA History 10 Returning from Babalonian captivity to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem, relearning God's will
    Nehemiah NE Ezra TA History 13 Rebuilding & dedication of the wall around Jerusalem
    Esther EST EZR or NE P History 10 4:14 The Jewish girl who became queen of Persia
    Job JOB Unknown U Wisdom 42 1:21 Job's faith is tested
    Psalms PS Various SI Wisdom 150 23:4 Short songs and prayers
    Proverbs PR Various SI Wisdom 31 1:7 Short nuggets of wisdom
    Ecclesiastes ECC Solomon SP Wisdom 12 3:1Monolgue about meaning (and lack thereof) of life
    Song of SolomonSS Solomon SP Wisdom 8 Love letter between husband and wife
    Isaiah ISA Isaiah SI Prophet 66 Judah's disregard of God will be punished, prophecies of the Messiah
    Jeremiah JER Jeremiah SI Prophet 52 Judah's disregard of God will be punished (fulfilled in last chapter)
    Lamentations LA Jeremiah P Prophet 5 Judah's disregard of God has been punished
    Ezekiel EZE Ezekiel SI Prophet 48 Though in exile the Jews will return, visions
    Daniel DA Daniel P Prophet 12 3:17 Examples of faith on trial of four men living in a hostile land, visions
    Hosea HOS Hosea P Prophet 14 God has a prophet marry a prostitute to model God's relationship to the Jews
    Joel JOEL Joel SI Prophet 3 A locust swarn devastates Israel but God warns is nothing compared to the looming invasion by the Babalonians that is authorized by God because of Israel's disregard for God's will
    Amos AM Amos SI Prophet 9 A simple sheppard warns the nobels of Israel that legalism does not bring righteousness
    Obadiah OB Obadiah SI Prophet 1 The nation of Edom will pay for their treatment of Israel when Babylon invaded
    Jonah JNH Unknown U Prophet 4 God sends a prophet to the Assyrian capital to inspire repentance but the prophet wants God to wipe them out so tries to avoid delivering the message
    Micah MIC Micah SP Prophet 7 Israel and Judahs' disregard of God will be punished (false gods & cheating the poor)
    Nahum NA Nahum SP Prophet 3 Only about 100 years after Jonah the Assyrians have digressed so God will punish them
    Habakkuk HAB Habakkuk SI Prophet 3 2:4 God can use anyone to accomplish His will, even "evil" people
    Zephaniah ZEP Zephaniah SI Prophet 3 Judah's idolatry will be punished
    Haggai HAG Haggai SI Prophet 2 Returned exiles should focus on God's temple before their own homes
    Zechariah ZEC Zechariah SI Prophet 14 Returned exiles should rebuild God's temple, prophecy of the end times
    Malachi MAL Malachi SI Prophet 4 3:10 Divine criticism of the Jews for being, at best, legalistic in their religion and having no relationship with God
    Matthew MT Matthew TA Gospel 28 Emphasis on fulfilling prophecy (means He's Messiah), maternal lineage
    Mark MK John Mark TA Gospel 16 Emphasis on miracles (means He's divine), suffering servant
    Luke LK Luke TA Gospel 24 Emphasis on historical fact/accuracy, His compassion to non-jews & the unclean, paternal lineage
    John JN John TA Gospel 21 3:16 Emphasis on divinity, relationship to the Father, reason for His coming
    Acts AC Luke TA History 28 Formation of the early Church, Paul's conversion and missionary journeys
    Romans RO Paul SI G.Letter 16 Introduction to Christianity for the Romans, whom Paul hoped to someday meet
    1 Corinthians 1CO Paul SI G.Letter 16 Various sin issues have crept into this church since he left
    2 Corinthians 2CO Paul SI G.Letter 13 Only some believed Paul's first letter, others questioned his authority
    Galatians GAL Paul SI G.Letter 6 5:22 Encouraging good life, not law/legalism of Judaism
    Ephesians EPH Paul SI G.Letter 6 An explain of the Church's relationship to Jesus
    Philippians PHP Paul SI G.Letter 4 Encouraging joy no matter the circumstances, written from prison
    Colossians COL Paul SI G.Letter 4 Combatting false teaching: Christ is supreme and all we need, rituals don’t make us righteous
    1 Thessalonians1THPaul SI G.Letter 5 Reassurance that (but not when) Jesus will return
    2 Thessalonians2THPaul SI G.Letter 3 Reassurance that Jesus has not yet returned but we should not sit back and wait for the day
    1 Timothy 1TI Paul SI I.Letter 6 Reminder how to be a good a pastor
    2 Timothy 2TI Paul SI I.Letter 4 Departing letter to friend and fellow pastor
    Titus TIT Paul SI I.Letter 3 Reminder to fellow paster how to develop good church leaders
    Philemon PHM Paul SI I.Letter 1 Defense of a runaway slave turn believer returning to his master
    Hebrews HEB Unknown U G.Letter 13 Jesus is far better than Old Testament Judaism
    James JAM James SI G.Letter 5 Exhortation that good works must be a natural result of genuine faith
    1 Peter 1PE Peter SI G.Letter 5 Assurance that Roman persecution (any suffering) for the sake of Christ is good
    2 Peter 2PE Peter SI G.Letter 3 Beware of false teachers and teachings, especially from inside the church
    1 John 1JN John TA I.Letter 5 Countering false teaching, clarifying that Jesus was God and man
    2 John 2JN John TA I.Letter 1 Countering false teaching, clarifying that Jesus was here on Earth
    3 John 3JN John TA I.Letter 1 Praise and correction for a couple early church leaders
    Jude JUDE Jude SI G.Letter 1 Beware of false teachers and teachings, especially from inside the church
    Revelation REV John SI Prophecy 22 Jesus is coming back
    6629+66260

    AC (Authorship Certainty) = P: probably but not certain, SE: stated elsewhere in the Bible, SI: stated internally, SP: strong probability, TA: traditionally atributed, U: unknown

    † = Chapters,   MFV = Most Famous Verse,   G.Letter = Group letter (usually to a church), I.Letter = Individual Letter



    		Extensions



    		Extended History of the Bible
    (See Answers in Genesis for a graphical depiction of the timeline of the Bible.)

    4000  Creation (GE 1-2)
    2400  Global flood (GE 6-9)
    1500  Israelites exodus from Egypt (EX 5-14)
    1100  Kind David & Solomon
    600  Exile to Babylon for 70 years (DA)
    0 BC  Jesus' birth (BC = Before Christ) (LK 1-2)
    33 AD  Jesus' death & resurrection (AD = Anno Domini, which is Latin for "in the year of the Lord") (MT 26-28, MK 14-16, LK 22-24, JN 18-20)
    300  Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament) (wikipedia.org, septuagint.net)
    313  Emperor Constantine I begins the "Peach of the Church" (term from the Old Catholic Encyclopedia describing the Roman empire's move from persecution to toleration and eventual adoption of Christianity) (wikipedia.org, catholicity.com)
    325  The Nicene Creed was agreed upon at the First Council of Nicea (wikipedia.org)
    380  Emperor Theodosius I declares Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire and orders other religions to be called heretical (wikipedia.org)
    397  Final cannon of the protestant New Testament decided at the third Synod (Council) of Carthage (ref 1, 2)
    476  Western half of the Roman Empire disintegrates when the last emperor is deposed and not replaced (Eastern half remains as the Byzantine Empire until 1460) (wikipedia.org)
    590  Vulgate published (latin translation) (wikipedia.org)
    611  King James Version translation published (wikipedia.org)
    900  Masoretic Text (Hebrew version of the Old Testament used as reference when translating some Bibles) (wikipedia.org)
    1054  Catholic church splits (Roman/Latin and Eastern/Greek Orthodoxy) (wikipedia.org)
    1095  The Crusaides begin and last almost two centuries (wikipedia.org)
    1205  Chapters added to original texts by Stephen Langton, a professor in Paris who later became Archbishop of Canterbury (Fuller Seminary)
    1448  Verses added to Old Testament by Rabbi Isaac Nathan (bibleinfo.com, wikipedia.org)
    1517  Martin Luther's letter on the door (the 95 theses) sparking the protestant reformation (wikipedia.org)
    1565  Verses added to New Testament by Robert Stephanus, a Parisian book printer (Fuller Seminary)
    1620  The European pilgrimage to the new world begins with the Plymouth Colony settlers (wikipedia.org)
    1948  Israel declares independence after the United Nations approves the recreation of the Jewish state (wikipedia.org)
    1978  New International Version translation published (second edition published in 1984) (wikipedia.org, niv.org)
    1996  New Living Translation published (second edition published in 2004) (wikipedia.org, newlivingtranslation.com)

    Translations
    Certainly the original text is best, but how many of us can read Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic? Not many, so we are stuck with translations. Here is what I have found to be the high level difference between some of the more common tranlsations you will find in a random Christian bookstore today.
    Abbreviation   Full Name Publisher/Copyright Translation Intent
    NIV New International Version   International Bible Society Clarity, literary quality, readability in style and international in scope. Scholars from five English speaking countries contributed.
    NLT New Living Translation   Tyndale Charitable Trust "Dynamic equivalence" (thought by thought basis, not necessarily word by word) Based on Kenneth Taylor's Living Bible, first published in 1971, also by Tyndale House.
    KJV King James Version   Public Domain   In 1604, King James I authorized a new translation of the Bible for official use by the Church of England. This avoids paraphrasing.
    NKJV New King James Version   Thomas Nelson, Inc. Updates the language of its predecessor.
    NASB New American Standard Bible   The Lockman Foundation "To adhere as closely as possible to the original languages of the Holy Scriptures, and to make the translation in a fluent and readable style according to current English usage." (From the forward.)
    RSV Revised Standard Version   National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA  Thirty scholars sought to express the meaning of the scriptures in language meant for use in worship, with emphasis on the style that gave "the KJV a supreme place in English literature."
    MSG The Message   NavPress Publishing Group A paraphrase by Eugene Peterson designed as a reading Bible that can give you a fresh perspective on a familiar phrase or passage.

    Terminology
    Apocrypha:   books of the Bible that are included in the Vulgate and Septuagint versions of the Catholic Bible, but not in the Protestant Bible or the Hebrew canon, technically referred to as "deuterocanon" (try an Internet search for "why does the Catholic Bible have" for some interesting reads)
    Apostasy:   turning away from, typically with critisicm, your former religion
    Appologetics:  proving the truth of Christianity
    Believe:   to act as if it is true
    Bethany:   house of bread (especially interesting as birthplace of the "bread of life")
    Blaspheme:   disrepecting God or sacred things
    Boredom:   lack of purpose, not lack of activity
    Canon:   the foundational, difinitive and authentic scriptures of a religion
    Catacomb:   an underground cemetery with passages, tunnels and rooms
    Catechesis:   oral religious instruction given before baptism or confirmation
    Courage:   absense of self, not absence of fear
    Covenant:   a formal/legal agreement/contract
    Deuteronomy:  Greek for "repetition of the law"
    Dogma:   religious belief
    Dogmatic:   prone to expressing strongly held beliefs and opinions
    Dogmatist:   somebody who expresses strongly held opinions, sometimes new, expecting them to be accepted without question
    Doxology:   a hymn of praise to God
    Echelon:   a level in a hierarchy or a tiered formation
    Eschatology:   a doctrine about death and the afterlife
    Etherial:   belonging to the heavens or the celestial sphere
    Ethics:   application of morals in a business environment
    Etymology:   the origin and historical development of a word, expression, or other linguistic element
    Exegetics:   theological study & interpretation of scripture
    Fornication:   consenting sex but not married
    Hermeneutics:  a science/methodology/theology of interpreting and explaining texts, especially religious texts/concepts, especially the Bible
    Holy:   set appart
    Hyperbole:   deliberate and obvious exaggeration used for effect
    Indignant:   anger/annoyance at unfairness/unreasonableness
    Interlude:   a relatively short period of time between two longer periods, during which something happens that is different from what happened before and what will follow
    Love:   (when you love someone you care about what they care about, and it is always demonstrated by comitment)
    Malachi:   Hebrew for "messenger" and is not necessarily (but still possibly) a name
    Masochist:   tendency to invite and enjoy misery of any kind, especially in order to be pitied by others or admired for forbearance
    Metophor:   a figure of speech where a description is applied to something but is not literally applicable in order to highlight a comparison
    Miracle:   an event that appears to be contradictory to the laws of nature, totally amazing and extrodinary
    Moral:   what is good/just/right or wrong based on conscience
    Ontology:   the study of being in general, or of what applies neutrally to everything that is real (the science of being)
    Narcissist:   excessive self-admiration/self-centeredness and the need for the same from others
    Proselyte:   gentile believer (convert to Judaism)
    Proselytize:   to convert someone to your belief
    Purgatory:   a spiritual holding ground before you get to heaven (assuming you aren't going to hell)
    Sacred:   dedicated/devoted to God or a relgious purpose and not to be disrespected
    Sin:   doing wrong (either knowingling or unknowingly) typically as informed by God (note by definition all sin is wrong regardless of current cultural norms)
    Sovereign:   self-governing, having complete power
    Sup:   to drink small amounts at one time
    Testament:   something that shows that another thing exists/is true, or a formal statement of beliefs
    Unity:   ability to work together despite differences, not to be confused with uniformity
    Visceral:   motivated by instinct rather than reasoned thinking
    Witness:   to make Jesus real


    Trivia
    • Adam is the name of the first man, who was formed out of the ground, and his name is comes from the Hebrew word 'Adamah', which means 'ground'. In ancient times it was common for peoples' names to reflect the situation of their birth. (GE 2:7, GE 3:20, GE 25:25-26,27:36, GE 26:20-22, GE 29:32-30:24, GE 41:51-52, EX 2:10, EX 18:2-4)
    • First & second Kings were originally one book but were split so they'd fit on two normal sized scrolls.
    • The last 2 verses in 2 Chronicles are also first 3 verses in Ezra (2CH36:22-EZ1:3).
    • Nehemiah is an excellent model leader, especially his dedication to prayer.
    • The word "God" is not found in the books of Esther nor Song of Solomon.
    • Job is found after Ester in the canon but likely takes place chronologically in the middle of Genesis.
    • Jeremiah has fewer chapters but more verses than Psalms?
    • Joel does not name the sin he is appealing to the people to repent of.
    • Nahum is Jonah part 2.
    • Haggai is a contemporary (same time & place) as Ezra.
    • There is a 450 year gap between the last book of the Old Testament and the first book of the New. Keep in mind the USA wrote their Declaration of Independence less than 250 year ago.

    • Matthew is the only gospel to use word 'church' or phrase 'kingdom of heaven', the other 3 use 'kingdom of God'.
    • James & Jude (Judas) could be Jesus's brothers (MT 13:55, MK 6:3).
    • The temple tax was only for men 20 or older (EX 38:26) but Jesus only tells Peter to get two people worth of tax money (MT 17:24-27) some disciples lived long after Jesus so perhaps most of them were only teenagers!
    • The fourth commandment is the only one not explicitly repeated in the new testament?
    • All Paul's letters are followup except Romans.
    • All Paul's letters include an expression of gratitude in the introduction except Galatians.
    • The order of how Paul's letters appear in the Canon was decided as by length (shortest to longest).
    • Jude mentions 2 events from Old Testament times not mentioned in the cannonical Old Testament (1:9, 1:14-15).
    Shortest verses: JOB 3:2, JN 11:35, 1TH 5:17 (2 words each, NIV), 1TH 5:16 (3 words, NIV)
    Shortest chapter:   PS 117 (2 verses)
    Shortest book: 2JN (13 verses), 3JN (14/15 verses), OB (21 verses in OT)
    Longest verse: DA 5:23 (74 words, NIV), ES 8:9 (72 words, NIV)
    Longest chapter: PS 119 (176 verses)
    Longest book: PS

    Maps
    Biblical location
    		 Modern location
    		 References
    Genesis(map all)
      BeershebaBe'er Sheva, Israel.
      Bethel Beit El, Israel (wikipedia)
      BethlehemBethlehem, Israel .
      Damascus Damascus, Syria .
      Dan Dan, Israel .
      Edom Eilat, Israel (just a guess)
      Haran Harran, Turkey .
      Hebron Hebron, Israel .
      JerusalemJerusalem, Israel .
      Mahanaim Mahanayim, Israel .
      Negev, the Negev, Israel .
      Paran Paran, Israel .
      Shechem Nablus, Israel (wikipedia)
      Ur Ur, Iraq .
      Zoar Feifa, Jordan (just a guess from map on wikipedia)
    Gospels(map all)
      Aenon Aenon, Israel .
      Bethany Bethabara, Israel (John 1:23, wikipedia)
      Bethany Eizariya, Israel (All other references, wikipedia)
      Bethlehem Bethlehem, Israel .
      Caesarea Caesarea, Israel .
      Cana Cana, Israel .
      Capernaum Capernaum, Israel .
      Jericho Jericho, Israel .
      Gethsemane, Garden of  Church of Gethsemane, Israel (across the street)
      Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel .
      Lydda Lod, Israel (wikipedia)
      Magadan Magdala, Israel (wikipedia)
      Olives, Mount of Mt of Olives, Israel .
      Nain Nein, Israel (just a guess)
      Nazareth Nazareth, Israel .
      Samaria Samaria, Israel (unclear)
      Galilee, Sea of Sea of Galilee, Tiberias, Israel  .
      Sidon Saida, Lebanon (wikipedia)
      Tyre Sour, Lebanon (wikipedia)
    Acts(map Paul's 1st, Paul's 2nd, Paul's 3rd or Paul's trip to Rome)
      Adramyttium Edremit, Turkey (A: Greek, E: Turkish)
      Adria, Sea of Adriatic Sea (just a guess)
      Alexandria Alexandria, Egypt .
      Amphipolis Amfipoli, Greece .
      Antioch of PisidiaAntiocheia in Psidia, Turkey(wikipedia, near Yalvac, Turkey)
      Antioch of Syria Antakya, Turkey (wikipedia)
      Apollonia Apollonia, Greece .
      Assos Assos, Turkey (wikipedia, A: greek name, Aristotle lived here)
      Athens Athina, Greece .
      Attalia Antalya, Turkey (wikipedia)
      Berea Veria, Greece (wikipedia)
      Caesarea Caesarea, Israel .
      Cauda Gavdos, Greece (wikipedia)
      Cenchrea Kechries, Corinth, Greece .
      Cilicia (politically defined region) (wikipedia)
      Cnidus Datca, Turkey (wikipedia)
      Corinth Korinthos, Greece .
      Cos, Island of Kos Island, Greece .
      Crete Crete, Greece .
      Cyprus, Island of Cyprus .
      Damascus Damascus, Syria .
      Derbe Madensehri, Turkey (wikipedia)
      Ephesus Efes, Turkey .
      Galatia (politically defined region) (not Galatia, Ptolemaida, Greece)
      Iconium Konya, Turkey (wikipedia)
      Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel .
      Joppa Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel (just a guess)
      Lasea Kokkinos Pyrgos, Crete (just a guess)
      Lystra Gokyurt, Turkey (wikipedia)
      Kios, Island of Chios Island, Greece .
      Macedonia Central Macedonia, Greece (politically defined region)
      Malta, Island of Malta Island, Malta .
      Mitylene Mitylene Island, Greece .
      Miletus Batikoy, Turkey (approximation, wikipedia)
      Myra Demra, Myra, Turkey (home of original St. Nick, wikipedia)
      Mysia (politically defined region) (wikipedia)
      Pamphylia (politically defined region) (wikipedia)
      Paphos Paphos, Cyprus (south west corner of island)
      Patara Patara, Turkey .
      Perga Perge, Turkey (only ruins left)
      Philippi Filippi, Greece .
      Phoenicia (politically defined region) (wikipedia)
      Phrygia (politically defined region) (wikipedia)
      Pisidia (politically defined region) (wikipedia)
      Ptolemais Acre, Israel (wikipedia)
      Puteloi Pozzuoli, Italy (wikipedia, Pu: Latin, Po: Italian)
      Rhegium Reggio di Calabria, Italy (wikipedia)
      Rhodes Rodos, Greece (just a guess)
      Rome Roma, Italy .
      Salamis Famagusta, Cyprus (wikipedia, ruins are immediately north)
      Salmone, Cape of Cape Sidero, Greece (wikipedia)
      Samaria Samaria, Israel (unclear)
      Samos, Island of