Category: Bible Study

One of the first books I read and one of my all time favorites is Carl Sagan’s Contact.  If that name doesn’t ring a bell, think a more prolific Neil Degrasse Tyson if Neil had intellectual integrity.  This book was made into a movie starring Jodie Foster and the scenes where they first get the signal had a profound affect on me.  I decided if the Bible is true, it would be layers and layers like an onion.  It was not for years until I realized how hard it is to uncover those little nuggets.  Here is one. I will…

This is one of those posts where people have asked a few times and thought I would just put this in a single post.  There are two types of resources: commentary and resources.  Commentary is basically someone’s exegesis, explanation, interpretation, or application of text from the Bible.  My personal belief is that Jesus is strongly warning His disciples against this.  But then He does it Himself.  So in other words, it can be good but I think (my opinion) is that we should be reading the Bible and coming to our own conclusions.  Not relying entirely on the teaching of…