WHY SHOULD we want to study the Bible in the 21st century? What is the Bible? How shall we study it, in order to understand...
Read MoreBob Thiel, Editor-in-Chief
Published by the Continuing Church of God
This course is based upon the personal correspondence course initially developed in 1954 that began under the direction of the late C. Paul Meredith in the old Radio Church of God. Various portions have been updated for the 21st century (though much of the original writing has been retained). It also has more scriptural references, as well as information and questions not in the original course. Unless otherwise noted, scriptural references are to the New King James Version (NKJV), copyright Thomas Nelson Publishing, used by permission. The KJV, sometimes referred to as the Authorized Version is also often used. Additionally, Catholic-approved translations such as the New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) are sometimes used as are other translations.
WHY SHOULD we want to study the Bible in the 21st century? What is the Bible? How shall we study it, in order to understand it? At the very beginning of this course we need to ask, and answer, these questions.
The Bible teaches, “STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD” (2 Timothy 2:15, KJV) and “Learn to do good” (Isaiah 1:17). So, Christians should study and learn from that study.
But WHY should we want to learn and be approved unto God? And is this study to be a tiresome, uninteresting DUTY which we force ourselves to undertake because of the stern command of a harsh God or is this study to become the most INTERESTING, the most THRILLING, the most ENJOYABLE and PROFITABLE interest that ever entered our lives?
WHY is the study of the Bible a dull, uninteresting, irksome task to most people, if at all, only as a duty out of fear of a harsh God?
Simply because these people have not KNOWN God, or what He is like and because they have never started to really UNDERSTAND the Bible!
WHY SHOULD we want to study the Bible in the 21st century? What is the Bible? How shall we study it, in order to understand...
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Read MoreCIVILIZATION is AT THE CROSSROADS! HUMANKIND left it to itself would DESTROY itself from the face of the earth if God would fail to intervene...
Read MoreWhy do so few really UNDERSTAND the Bible? Why do we find such confusion—such disagreement as to what it says? WHY don’t the hundreds of...
Read MoreWHY SHOULD we want to study the Bible in the 21st century? What is the Bible? How shall we study it, in order to understand...
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Read MoreTHINK OF IT!—1000 years of peace and prosperity, a happy new world in which nobody has any financial troubles. That is the coming UTOPIA—the wonderful...
Read MoreThe atheist and the unbeliever constantly charge God with being “unfair.” But God is NOT unfair (Job 34:11; Ezekiel 18:25)! God has promised to warn...
Read MoreWHY SHOULD we want to study the Bible in the 21st century? What is the Bible? How shall we study it, in order to understand...
Read MoreIt has been estimated that about 1/3 of the Bible is prophetic (there are various estimates, but we likely will not know how much was...
Read MoreYOUR Bible MEANS exactly what it says! Its statements of FACT are LITERAL. Whenever symbols are used, they are INTERPRETED for us in Scripture! But...
Read MoreIS THERE proof OUTSIDE the Bible that the events described in Scripture really happened – that its great characters actually lived? Where is the PROOF...
Read MoreYou were born into a world which has developed a certain type of civilization. The instant you were born you knew NOTHING! But your eyes...
Read MoreDeath is a stark reality for humanity. Some die by war, others by starvation, still others by old age. Everyone must face it. What happens...
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Read MoreSOME of the teachings in the Bible are a little hard to understand. James tells us to count it all joy when trials, ordeals, and...
Read MoreJust what IS sin anyway? Does God DEFINE it in the Bible? And did Jesus Christ DO AWAY with the Father’s spiritual law of love...
Read More1. This course of Bible study begins with world’s present condition because A. there is no other logical way to start a Bible study course....
Read More1. How will Utopia finally become a reality? A. Only through a true revival in all churches and their union into one church. B. When...
Read MoreGod Reveals Himself! 1. Which ONE of these four statements is true? A. We should accept – without question – the word of our local...
Read MoreLESSON 13: WHAT IS THE CHRISTIAN’S INHERITANCE? 1. To retain material studied with these lessons, it is best to: A. depend on entirely on the...
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