A lifelong Christian, I have lived for two years in the South Pacific, owned a 1300 acre property on which I ran cattle, goats and pigs (or did they run me), owned an Indian restaurant (before Indian restaurants were popular), and have done a Ph.D. in Mathematics (Theoretical Astrophysics). I am a convicted, albeit unconventional Christian.
Therefore I do not lose heart. Though outwardly I am falling to pieces, yet inwardly I am being renewed day by day [2 Cor 4:16].
This presentation covers some more interesting facts from the Bible book of Genesis, particularly regarding the character Joseph. He goes from being a slave and jailed by his master, to being the second in charge under Pharaoh of Egypt, and yet there remains no historical record of him in Egypt. Many other Egyptians of lesser status have been recorded. This talk covers two possibilities of why this happened. We also look some of the notable features of Abraham’s nephew, Lot.
This presentation covers some more interesting facts from the book of Genesis. The relative motion of the sun, earth, and our galaxy show that the story of the sun standing still for Joshua is totally consistent with modern physics as the earth was Joshua’s “frame of reference”. We look at the violence of Noah’s world being replicated today, the battle of the Kings in Genesis 14, the old age of Abraham, and the “binding of Isaac”.
This presentation was designed for the youth group. It confronts such questions as: does the Bible say the earth is 6000 years old, does the Bible say that a group of people on a ziggurat suddenly started talking Fijian, Zulu, Spanish etc, did people actually live to 800 or 900 years old many years ago? So, we look at scientific evidence from 4.4 billion years ago, and see that it aligns with the Bible. What is the real story of Babel? Is there evidence of long-life spans before ‘the flood’. Who were the ‘sons of God’? Click YouTube link below
This talk was designed for young people starting out in Christian life. The first section (0-18) looks at commitment to Jesus as Lord and Master, with some examples, and the remainder covers some topics which may confuse Christian young people. Topics such as..LGBTQI rights, climate change, nuclear war..etc. There is an error at 2.42. I refer to the promises to David and I meant the promises to Abraham.
1 Peter : A letter to a suffering church. Have you ever wondered why Peter’s betrayal of Jesus was spelled out in such detail – in all 4 gospels, whereas none of the other disciples’ betrayals were. They all deserted Jesus (except the women) – but no details were recorded – just Peter’s. We study how this provided hope to the churches under great persecution.
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We explore the basis of the representative and substitutional interpretation of the Atonement. This has split the church for millennia, and we here address the unity of these two interpretations, specifical for the small Christian sect, the ‘Christadelphians’.
What do we recall of Lot from our Sunday school days? He greedily took the best land when he separated from Abraham. He was prepared to throw his daughters to a mob of sex crazed men. What does God say about him?
2 Peter 2:7-8 “And delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)”.
How can we reconcile these two?
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Or read the article on blog – Lot & His Girls
This sermon examines the status of the modern-day Christian, compared with Biblical characters. We often find ourselves thinking that we fall short of the standards set by all of those greats of the past. But this is not true. Even the humblest amongst us can shine like stars in the heavens. This sermon was delivered in the early 1990’s – and I feel I made some errors. ERRORS: at 5:30 – my concept of Jonah has changed. At 8:30 I state that Jonah should have stayed in Ninevah – I am certain that he did. See: https://reneweddayafterday.home.blog/… And for a you-tube https://reneweddayafterday.home.blog/… ERROR at 12:55 onwards. I refer to Hazael and Naaman as Assyrians, when they were in fact, Syrians. Email at john_carelinks@live.com
The book of Nahum was given to a non-existent nation. God had already allowed the Assyrians to carry Israel into captivity before this prophet was commissioned to tell Israel that they will be saved. Obadiah prophesied to Edom and the prophecy ends with an end time prophecy of Jesus’ return. God has always warned of impending judgement on sinners. Noah warned the antediluvial world, Lot warned Sodom, Melchizedek warned the Canaanites, and the prophets warned the Israelites. After Elijah, the prophets also warned the surrounding Gentile nations.
Renewed 