Welcome… This blog site is a public Bible teaching blog site and is an outreach ministry of “Faith Bible Ministries,” a division of “Faith Video Ministries Inc.” (a 501(c)(3) religious nonprofit Private Operating Foundation). The blog site administrators are Brent and Rocky, who have been friends for going over 20 years, and are firmly committed … Continue reading »
Posted in December 2010 …
Dead Man’s Trial
“I have been crucified with Christ, it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me“. Galatians 2:20 Suppose I got caught robbing a bank. I … Continue reading »
Response To: “Meet Mr. Perfect”
Rockman, Excellent, excellent post. Great tie-in using Romans chapter 7, especially in light of the last 2 verses which state: “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of … Continue reading »
Brent’s Jokes
1. “To be aware, is to be alive.” (The Pirate joke) During the 1700′s there was a young boy who would daydream about sailing the seven seas all day long, hoping someday to join the crew of a sailing ship. Finally, at the age of 12 his mother allowed him to become a cabin boy on … Continue reading »
Crowns ~ The Five Spoken About In God’s Word
Introduction Contextual analysis is the science of studying biblical words according to the context in which they exist within God’s Word as opposed to our current usage of them. One of the benefits of recognizing all the different applications of a particular word is gained in understanding the nuances and peculiarities that a word may … Continue reading »
Destroying the Evidence
So just like on that crime drama on one of many television shows the bad guy is just about to get away with it, but alas the sharp detective in the story finds the evidence in the nick of time. Evidence is a good thing is it not, it’s usually the evidence on which the … Continue reading »
Parables & Israel Calling on Jesus
Introduction The use of parables has been misunderstood or miss-taught for over 2000 years. The meaning of the Greek word for parable (Greek: parabole) is “similitude,” which literally means: “to lay alongside,” indicating a parallel story to a truth that is being communicated. It is not the same as the understanding in the English language concerning comparisons … Continue reading »
Wise Expressions
Action “Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.” (M.D. Thomas Fuller) “Always use objective fact & subjective insight in applying application to anything.” (Brent Bolin) “There are five things that you cannot recover in life: The Stone………..after it’s thrown The Word……………after it’s said The Occasion……after it’s missed The Time………….after it’s gone A person……………after they die … Continue reading »
Meet Mr.Perfect
Have you ran across those who try and suggest that if we openly confess we are still a work in progress that we must then be unsaved, as if to suggest they themselves are perfect and without sin and in like manner we should be too? Now as I read Romans 7 as an example Paul seems … Continue reading »
Your Dirty Feet
From John 13th chapter… ..:3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God, :4 rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. :5 After that, He poured water into a basin and began … Continue reading »
The Presentation of the Messiah ~ Prophecy Fulfilled
Introduction The most amazing prophecy in the Bible is Daniel 9:24-27, commonly referred to as “Daniels 70 Weeks” of Israel. Yet what’s so amazing is the precision of verse 25 which is the crowning touch of this prophecy. Because it specifically deals with the presentation of the Messiah of Israel. It presents a formula which … Continue reading »
Response To: “Considering My Worth”
Rockman, Excellent job, very good. I though I would take the liberty to added a little (yeah, right) bit. I think you clued in on the meat of this text, that it’s not about Gideon - it’s about God. You know this seems to be the biggest problem in the church today; it is not the … Continue reading »
Considering My Worth
Been asking myself a question as of late, it has to do with my effectiveness and impact upon the world around me, or sigh, lack there of. Am I rising to meet the challenge of servitude within the kingdom or am I somehow held back by my self imposed limitations? Admittedly preoccupation with self is … Continue reading »
The Sects at the Time of Jesus
Introduction The following essay is a brief explanation of each one of the major groups that were active in Israel at the time of Jesus, which are the: † Pharisees † Essenes † Ebionites † Scribes † Priests † Sadducees † Herodians † Zealots † Sicarii † Proselytes † Common People Pharisees They were the conservative … Continue reading »
The Decline of a Democracy
History When the thirteen colonies were still a part of England, Professor Alexander Tyler wrote about the fall of the Athenian Republic over two thousand years previous to that time, he said: A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves … Continue reading »
The Lack of Church Discipline
Introduction Of all the reasons concerning the carnality that is seen in the church of Jesus Christ in the 21st century, perhaps the most relevant is the lack of church discipline. It is in understanding reciprocity as seen in the connection between privilege and responsibility, wherein the church has greatly erred. It is common to hear … Continue reading »
Eternal Security ~ Past, Present, Future
The Timeline of Salvation Understanding that the Ephesians passage utilizes the perfect tense, indicating it was something completed in the past, with consequences which are ongoing, in the present and yet in the future as well. This displays the three tenses of salvation, past, present, and future; which can be examined in Scripture by the … Continue reading »
Proof of Eternal Security ~ Ephesians 2:8
Introduction When dealing with the subject of salvation (Soteriology, meaning: ”The study of the doctrine of salvation”) from a Biblical foundation, perhaps the most well-known, most thorough, and most insightful treatment of the subject is found in Ephesians 2:8-10, which states: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is … Continue reading »
Regarding the Greek & Hebrew Languages
Both the Hebrew and the Greek languages have their own particular differences which are utilized by God, and which presents God’s message to man in a diversity of style and effectiveness that complement each other. The Hebrew (Old Testament) language displays vividness, conciseness, simplicity and denseness, and is very poetic and therefore necessitates many more … Continue reading »
