It’s an amazing book of the Bible. Patty and I are starting to work on a new Bible book in this series…Ruth. Hopefully it’ll be online before Christmas…I’d love if it was done sooner but I’ve learned things just usually take longer than you think…
Thank you, timely intervention into my life, revealed answers to things I have been thinking about. Now illuminated. Thank you - keep on keeping on.
PRAISE THE LORD
Thank you Tim, I enjoyed reading in the Forums section, and the Blog. 101 Tips for reading the Bible was well worth a look. The Flash about Jonah was excellent as well. When you finish the Ruth Overview please email me a notification. The internet needs more sites like yours.
God’s richest Blessings to you and Patty.
Shalom,
Matthew
I honestly can’t understand how you guys can believe in all that mindless ,unproved bullsh*t.
It’s ridiculous. For the love of humanity, you should seriously question yourselves about that.
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence.
Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.
This was beautifully done and very much timely in my life, as I am being stripped right now! This gift confirms what my best friend / spiritual mentor has been telling me, that the Lord is clearing ground for new construction! HALLELUJAH!!! I FINALLY GET IT! I now go through with a different spirit and mindset and am very excited about dwelling there and sharing the journey with others.
You are correct that using faith instead of reason and evidence is not right. Faith should be based on evidence and reason or it is useless. My faith in Jesus is based on the historical evidence of his death, missing body, and the fact that those who claimed to have seen him after his death were willing to endure torture and death in defense of their claim.
This was a really neat website. I was just studying about Hosea and Gomer in my SS quarterly. I think God is trying to send me a message to persevere. I have been going through the fire lately getting refined. I have a runaway husband. God is good. He is bringing me through it. I am really encouraged by your site. I intend to come back to it. GOD BE WITH YOU!
The Old Testiment contains other books with passages worthy of thought and discussion:
On Punishing ‘Immorality’
Leviticus 20:9
If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death.
Leviticus 20:10
If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and
the adulteress must be put to death.
Leviticus 20:13
If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death.
Deuteronomy 22:20-1
If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the girl’s virginity can be found, she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father’s house.
Exodus 35:2
For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.
On “Dealing” with Other People
Deuteronomy 7:1-2
When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations . . . then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy.
Deuteronomy 20:10-17
When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace. If they accept and open their gates, all the people in it shall be subject to forced labor and shall work for you. If they refuse to make peace and they engage you in battle, lay siege to that city. When the Lord your God delivers it into your hand, put to the sword all the men in it. As for the women, the children, the livestock and everything else in the city, you may take these as plunder for yourselves. . . . This is how you are to treat all the cities that are at a distance from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.
However, in the cities of the nations the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes. Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—as the Lord your God has commanded you.
On Biblical Law
Ezekiel 20:25-26
I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and laws they could not live by; I let them become defiled through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn—that I might fill them with horror so they would know that I am the LORD.
On Slavery & Dealing with that Sticky Issue of Women
Ephesians 5:22-24
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Exodus 21:20-21
If a man beats his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies as a direct result, he must be punished, but he is not to be punished if the slave gets up after a day or two, since the slave is his property.
1 Peter 2:13
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every authority instituted among men.
1 Peter 2:18 Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.
Leviticus 25:44-45
Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property.
Some interesting tracks of information that most people would challenge and offer that they have been misinterpreted or perhaps taken out of context. I would agree with this challenge. But then what do we challenge in the bible and what do we leave alone? What is truth and what has been interpreted and re-interpreted over the millenia? Barring voices in your head and sighting miracles, which have the taste of the absurd about them, how much can you really for confortable with this issue of faith? How many times have you thought that something in the Bible does not make sense or does not ring true?
You tell ‘em Simon. And to argue the point made by Duke, I would start by saying that most atheists don’t argue against the existence of Jesus, instead we argue that Jesus wasn’t the son of God. I’ll also say that bodies can be exhumed by humans, not just God. In response to your defense that supporters of Jesus would be willing to withstand torture and death because they believed in Him, I would say that Muslims have done the same for Allah. Of course you would likely say that Allah is a false god, but because his existence is attested by those who died for him, and it this same proof that you use to defend your god, Allah is no less real than the Christian god.
Very thoughtful and thought provoking. Is this day and age not a sad reflection of how Israel was in Hosea’s day? How much more is God ignored, laughed at, abused etc than today? “The love of many will grow cold” (Mthw 24:12), is a prophetic message to everyone today.
God does not believe in Atheism, but he does love Atheists - whether they like it or not.
I doesn’t take an atheist to point out biblical fallacies.
They are right in pointing out all those wicked commandments God laid down for his people in the Old Testament. We really have to reevaluate why we think the whole bible is so important, why we believe God never changes and most importantly why we as Christians don’t just follow the commandments laid down by Jesus Christ (which were only two by the way.)
Anyways…..
this really is an awesome website, neat+simple+and a great overview.
kudos on the job well done.
“God does not believe in Atheism, but he does love Atheists - whether they like it or not.” Though he is still going to send them to hell… it’s of course if that mythical god existed. Can’t believe so many people actually believe in myths.
Thank you so much!
Sometimes when scripture is heard and not read, it enlightens you a little more.
I`ll pray for your atheist souls.(commenter) You have to admit, you, for some reason, were drawn to this site. It is a stronger statement to say you have faith rather then proof. Listen to your self, it`s not really you! Don`t fight your demons…Christ did that already for us. Accept his gift and be my brother!
1) Jesus threw out a lot of the old testament ideas. He said, “turn the other cheek,” when the old testament was saying, “pluck out the evil-doer’s eye.” The assumptions that can be made from this video about sexuality and God-less nations can take us down estranged roads. Don’t mis-understand me… there are some great verses in the old testament. Romans 12:20 for example, but these great verses are very Christ-like in message.
2) There is an undertone to this video that seems like a setup for future war. Jesus loves the God-less, and somehow many of you (especially in these conversations) seem to exemplify hate — hate of the God-less. Somewhere, someone has melted down gold and created a golden cow to fulfill certain biblical prophecies. If this were to happen, it would be grounds for a) an attack on Palestine and b) an “end of the world” sweep of elections world-wide in 2012. If a scenario like this arose, it’s videos like this that will re-enforce the idea that we need to kill the God-less and give anyone who has power, and wants more, easy access to it. I think Milton Friedman said it best when he said, “Only a crisis, actual or perceived, produces real change.” The change could be scary if certain variables exist.
When Christ came to the earth he brought a new law that fulfilled the old. This new law, a higher law, contains all that was a part of the law of Moses. When you love God and you love you neighbor you will not sin, cannot sin. However, we need the Old Testament so that we can learn the valuable lessons and the essential prophecies that are meant for us to have, learn about, and treausre. This was a different time and culture, if we look to hard we might find stumling blocks, instead we should look for the principles laid out for us and insoghts into the mind of God, just as this video does.
As for the athiests. Why do you waste your time condemning me for my faith? Am I doing you harm? Should you not practice tolerence? Just because you cannot understand faith does not mean that it is not real. I challenge you to experiment with the word of God, scriptures, and prayer and then we can have a discussion. Please don’t take the spirit out of spiritual. I refuse to approach God with my intellect alone.
I was once an atheist, as well as an agnostic, and a follower of many spiritual philosophies since the 70’s. My favorite essay was “Why I am Not a Christian”. I am not a dummy and I have done a lot of difficult researching and practicing of the spiritual aspects of living. I studied, sought, practiced many religions, and went through many life experiences, hit bottom a few times. I have found the only thing that makes sense in this world and in my life is Christianity. I find it very sad than many non-believers think that Christians are unintelligent and have reached their faith by weakness, blind belief, laziness or because they were raised as Christians. There are many scientists, lawyers, engineers, seekers, etc. who believe in Christianity. I think that it takes less intelligence and more blind faith, laziness and lack of reason to believe that this world, universe and our lives had no creator. I was blind and now I see. I came from the place you are coming from and I understand the resentment and almost hate that atheists feel for Christians, that is why I find it hard to proselytize non-believers. However, someday you may come to a place where all you have is God, and you can call on him no matter when and where you are.
I respect your beliefs. I also suggest that there are many books out there on Christian Apologetics that you might like to read.
I really liked that video, it always seems like in church, nobody ever pays much attention to the old testament when it actually has some very good lessons. For a Christian educational movie it’s pretty good!
I find it interesting that what the Old testament conceals the New testament reveals. I’ve lived a life for myself for 38 years and was always searching for something to put in the God hole. But I found that the only thing that goes there and fills me is GOD!!! Imagine that? We all can look for meaning in everything else this world has to offer, But as long as you look in this world you will always be disappointed. GOD says I am not of this world. So what makes you think you can find meaning in something he’s not of? If anyone would like to talk to me you can e-mail me at chipyoumans@gmail.com I would love to meet new people. Glory be to GOD!
I can highly recommend the book “A history of god” written by a nun turned atheism/agnostic after discovering the “truth”, haha.. People in ancient israel DID believe in god, the thing that the “prophets” are mad about is that they believe in several gods, whitch was a no-no to them.
A question to simon: Are the rules youve just mentioned, rules you honestly think should be inforced? Or is it up to god to inforce them? Hope my question isent to tricky to answer.
Much love to you all
Sceptic: I appreciate your honesty and perspective, and ask that you consider 3 things
1. There are people on both sides of the coin that have “changed sides” (skeptics believe, and believers reject) Neither should be used as a line of argument when assessing the validity of an idea.
2. The texts from history listed certainly contradict mainstream culture, and don’t make any sense to uphold certain “requirements” from the past in today’s world. Unfortunately interpretation of any document (not just the Bible) from long ago is not that simple. If you can, take some time to read about hermeneutics, the science of interpretation and translation. It’s one way to discover how a lot of what the Bible reports, is not what the Bible “says”.
3. The fault with a lot of the listed points from above is part of the whole reason for Jesus to have existed. He shattered the way things were, and asked people to question what they knew and seek the truth, like you are.
In reply to “Sceptic” (Skeptic?) on whether I believe the “rules” I mentioned should be enforced.
By the way your question is far from difficult to answer!
1. Um, no. The biblical extracts are ridiculous manifestations from a troubled time and come from troubled minds (ring a bell anyone?)
2. In the context in which those extracts are taken, I guess they are up to god to enforce. But then it’s most apparent that they were enforced by the “clergy” of the time.
This scares me. I think the Muslims have a completely different religious narrative. This is the hardest kind of peace to broker, when you are working with two peoples (Jews, Muslims) who are coming at an issue from two completely different religious narratives. I think it’s tragic. I cannot believe that God wants us to fight (and maybe destroy in the process not only humans, but all of nature that is under our dominion) over any piece of real estate, and especially one tinged with competing religious meanings. Because I really don’t feel that this is what God wants of us today, to destroy. I feel God is calling us to be peacemakers.
Good for you to speak out from your heart. I didn’t have the faith before, but I didn’t have the courage like you to stand for what you think. You did enter this web site and I assumed you did stay for awhile. You remind me of PAUL, a great, truthful, brave person written in Bible. Please spend more time searching for the evidence to prove we(the bible believers) are wrong. Don’t stop searching.
“”When Christ came to the earth he brought a new law that fulfilled the old”"
I believe that Christ has always existed since the begin of time.
Christ is the spirit of true Altruism or goodness.
The spirit of Christ can inhabit any person, regardless of race, age or nation.
The ‘earth’ is the body your spirit lives in, it is made from the ground and will go back to the ground.
If the spirit of Christ lives in you, you would not have to worry about doing wrong, because you would be incapable of doing wrong.
The biggest problem is how people define this spirit. Would a rose smell any sweeter if it had a different name? Would Christ be any more good if he was called by a different name? How do I recognize Christ? It is by how you present yourself. I will not accept a self made label on your forehead. You must show me.
Obviously you are searching for something/someone to believe in or you are searching for the TRUTH, OTHERWISE, why are you surfing through christian web pages? Jesus is leading you to the answers but it is up to you to accept him. Even though you are Atheist Jesus is still with you, but until you accept Him as your personal savior you will not have the priceless gift of salvation.
But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us. - Romans 5:8
I will pray for you. I hope you see your great need for Him before it is too late for you to make the choice!
hmmm. personally it provides the glimpse into deep, divine love. Love only produced form the purest “spirit” or character of a deity reflected by hosea.
i don’t think without it, as much as i can figure, anyone would aspire to such degradation or “rigid” work to love someone like that.
All these snip-its are very informative and i enjoy the geography as well the history lessons, much cheaper than college and easier than reading a book. Will there be more? maybe there is a link and i have missed it, i’ll check.
Without taking the time to see if anyone has mentioned it, “Redeeming Love” is always a great fictional work illustrating the love and restoration “Hosea” provides about God, maybe just in a little more modern detail and plot. Of course “Redeeming Love” offers little about Jerusalem and His people… so read it with the Bible. Bible for dinner, “Redeeming love” for desert.
That was very good. I should watch it again in the future.
Who_is_like_God | Sep 10, 2007 | Reply
It’s an amazing book of the Bible. Patty and I are starting to work on a new Bible book in this series…Ruth. Hopefully it’ll be online before Christmas…I’d love if it was done sooner but I’ve learned things just usually take longer than you think…
Tim | Sep 10, 2007 | Reply
Thank you, timely intervention into my life, revealed answers to things I have been thinking about. Now illuminated. Thank you - keep on keeping on.
PRAISE THE LORD
BINDARBAR | Sep 24, 2007 | Reply
Who_is_like_God… my name means that.
Micah | Sep 24, 2007 | Reply
Thank you Tim, I enjoyed reading in the Forums section, and the Blog. 101 Tips for reading the Bible was well worth a look. The Flash about Jonah was excellent as well. When you finish the Ruth Overview please email me a notification. The internet needs more sites like yours.
God’s richest Blessings to you and Patty.
Shalom,
Matthew
(Vancouver, Canada)
Matthew | Sep 24, 2007 | Reply
I honestly can’t understand how you guys can believe in all that mindless ,unproved bullsh*t.
It’s ridiculous. For the love of humanity, you should seriously question yourselves about that.
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence.
Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.
Atheist mind | Sep 24, 2007 | Reply
Hose can you see?
Piggo | Sep 24, 2007 | Reply
This was beautifully done and very much timely in my life, as I am being stripped right now! This gift confirms what my best friend / spiritual mentor has been telling me, that the Lord is clearing ground for new construction! HALLELUJAH!!! I FINALLY GET IT! I now go through with a different spirit and mindset and am very excited about dwelling there and sharing the journey with others.
God Bless You!
Sabrina | Sep 25, 2007 | Reply
Hosea overview well done!
Jim Charles | Sep 25, 2007 | Reply
To “Atheist mind” I would say:
You are correct that using faith instead of reason and evidence is not right. Faith should be based on evidence and reason or it is useless. My faith in Jesus is based on the historical evidence of his death, missing body, and the fact that those who claimed to have seen him after his death were willing to endure torture and death in defense of their claim.
Duke | Sep 28, 2007 | Reply
This was a really neat website. I was just studying about Hosea and Gomer in my SS quarterly. I think God is trying to send me a message to persevere. I have been going through the fire lately getting refined. I have a runaway husband. God is good. He is bringing me through it. I am really encouraged by your site. I intend to come back to it. GOD BE WITH YOU!
Brenda | Sep 29, 2007 | Reply
The Old Testiment contains other books with passages worthy of thought and discussion:
On Punishing ‘Immorality’
Leviticus 20:9
If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death.
Leviticus 20:10
If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and
the adulteress must be put to death.
Leviticus 20:13
If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death.
Deuteronomy 22:20-1
If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the girl’s virginity can be found, she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father’s house.
Exodus 35:2
For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.
On “Dealing” with Other People
Deuteronomy 7:1-2
When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations . . . then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy.
Deuteronomy 20:10-17
When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace. If they accept and open their gates, all the people in it shall be subject to forced labor and shall work for you. If they refuse to make peace and they engage you in battle, lay siege to that city. When the Lord your God delivers it into your hand, put to the sword all the men in it. As for the women, the children, the livestock and everything else in the city, you may take these as plunder for yourselves. . . . This is how you are to treat all the cities that are at a distance from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.
However, in the cities of the nations the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes. Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—as the Lord your God has commanded you.
On Biblical Law
Ezekiel 20:25-26
I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and laws they could not live by; I let them become defiled through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn—that I might fill them with horror so they would know that I am the LORD.
On Slavery & Dealing with that Sticky Issue of Women
Ephesians 5:22-24
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Exodus 21:20-21
If a man beats his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies as a direct result, he must be punished, but he is not to be punished if the slave gets up after a day or two, since the slave is his property.
1 Peter 2:13
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every authority instituted among men.
1 Peter 2:18 Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.
Leviticus 25:44-45
Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property.
Some interesting tracks of information that most people would challenge and offer that they have been misinterpreted or perhaps taken out of context. I would agree with this challenge. But then what do we challenge in the bible and what do we leave alone? What is truth and what has been interpreted and re-interpreted over the millenia? Barring voices in your head and sighting miracles, which have the taste of the absurd about them, how much can you really for confortable with this issue of faith? How many times have you thought that something in the Bible does not make sense or does not ring true?
Simon | Sep 30, 2007 | Reply
You tell ‘em Simon. And to argue the point made by Duke, I would start by saying that most atheists don’t argue against the existence of Jesus, instead we argue that Jesus wasn’t the son of God. I’ll also say that bodies can be exhumed by humans, not just God. In response to your defense that supporters of Jesus would be willing to withstand torture and death because they believed in Him, I would say that Muslims have done the same for Allah. Of course you would likely say that Allah is a false god, but because his existence is attested by those who died for him, and it this same proof that you use to defend your god, Allah is no less real than the Christian god.
Ian | Oct 5, 2007 | Reply
I was blessed by my visit here.
Dana Robinson | Oct 7, 2007 | Reply
Very thoughtful and thought provoking. Is this day and age not a sad reflection of how Israel was in Hosea’s day? How much more is God ignored, laughed at, abused etc than today? “The love of many will grow cold” (Mthw 24:12), is a prophetic message to everyone today.
God does not believe in Atheism, but he does love Atheists - whether they like it or not.
David Cranson | Oct 9, 2007 | Reply
I doesn’t take an atheist to point out biblical fallacies.
They are right in pointing out all those wicked commandments God laid down for his people in the Old Testament. We really have to reevaluate why we think the whole bible is so important, why we believe God never changes and most importantly why we as Christians don’t just follow the commandments laid down by Jesus Christ (which were only two by the way.)
Anyways…..
this really is an awesome website, neat+simple+and a great overview.
kudos on the job well done.
Phill | Oct 9, 2007 | Reply
“God does not believe in Atheism, but he does love Atheists - whether they like it or not.” Though he is still going to send them to hell… it’s of course if that mythical god existed. Can’t believe so many people actually believe in myths.
Eugene | Oct 10, 2007 | Reply
Thank you so much!
Don`t fight your demons…Christ did that already for us. Accept his gift and be my brother!
Sometimes when scripture is heard and not read, it enlightens you a little more.
I`ll pray for your atheist souls.(commenter) You have to admit, you, for some reason, were drawn to this site. It is a stronger statement to say you have faith rather then proof. Listen to your self, it`s not really you!
Don | Oct 10, 2007 | Reply
A couple of things trouble me about this video.
1) Jesus threw out a lot of the old testament ideas. He said, “turn the other cheek,” when the old testament was saying, “pluck out the evil-doer’s eye.” The assumptions that can be made from this video about sexuality and God-less nations can take us down estranged roads. Don’t mis-understand me… there are some great verses in the old testament. Romans 12:20 for example, but these great verses are very Christ-like in message.
2) There is an undertone to this video that seems like a setup for future war. Jesus loves the God-less, and somehow many of you (especially in these conversations) seem to exemplify hate — hate of the God-less. Somewhere, someone has melted down gold and created a golden cow to fulfill certain biblical prophecies. If this were to happen, it would be grounds for a) an attack on Palestine and b) an “end of the world” sweep of elections world-wide in 2012. If a scenario like this arose, it’s videos like this that will re-enforce the idea that we need to kill the God-less and give anyone who has power, and wants more, easy access to it. I think Milton Friedman said it best when he said, “Only a crisis, actual or perceived, produces real change.” The change could be scary if certain variables exist.
jeremy | Oct 10, 2007 | Reply
When Christ came to the earth he brought a new law that fulfilled the old. This new law, a higher law, contains all that was a part of the law of Moses. When you love God and you love you neighbor you will not sin, cannot sin. However, we need the Old Testament so that we can learn the valuable lessons and the essential prophecies that are meant for us to have, learn about, and treausre. This was a different time and culture, if we look to hard we might find stumling blocks, instead we should look for the principles laid out for us and insoghts into the mind of God, just as this video does.
As for the athiests. Why do you waste your time condemning me for my faith? Am I doing you harm? Should you not practice tolerence? Just because you cannot understand faith does not mean that it is not real. I challenge you to experiment with the word of God, scriptures, and prayer and then we can have a discussion. Please don’t take the spirit out of spiritual. I refuse to approach God with my intellect alone.
Marie | Oct 11, 2007 | Reply
Thanks for a good website. God Bless.
To Atheist Mind;
I was once an atheist, as well as an agnostic, and a follower of many spiritual philosophies since the 70’s. My favorite essay was “Why I am Not a Christian”. I am not a dummy and I have done a lot of difficult researching and practicing of the spiritual aspects of living. I studied, sought, practiced many religions, and went through many life experiences, hit bottom a few times. I have found the only thing that makes sense in this world and in my life is Christianity. I find it very sad than many non-believers think that Christians are unintelligent and have reached their faith by weakness, blind belief, laziness or because they were raised as Christians. There are many scientists, lawyers, engineers, seekers, etc. who believe in Christianity. I think that it takes less intelligence and more blind faith, laziness and lack of reason to believe that this world, universe and our lives had no creator. I was blind and now I see. I came from the place you are coming from and I understand the resentment and almost hate that atheists feel for Christians, that is why I find it hard to proselytize non-believers. However, someday you may come to a place where all you have is God, and you can call on him no matter when and where you are.
I respect your beliefs. I also suggest that there are many books out there on Christian Apologetics that you might like to read.
Holly | Oct 14, 2007 | Reply
Very nice.
sam | Oct 14, 2007 | Reply
I really liked that video, it always seems like in church, nobody ever pays much attention to the old testament when it actually has some very good lessons. For a Christian educational movie it’s pretty good!
Jena | Oct 14, 2007 | Reply
I am so thankful it doesn’t matter what we all believe. God is the same today as He was yesterday and will be tomorrow.
All I know is once I was blind and now I see. Once you see NO ONE can tell you there is no God because you can truly feel His presence.
Donna | Oct 16, 2007 | Reply
I find it interesting that what the Old testament conceals the New testament reveals. I’ve lived a life for myself for 38 years and was always searching for something to put in the God hole. But I found that the only thing that goes there and fills me is GOD!!! Imagine that? We all can look for meaning in everything else this world has to offer, But as long as you look in this world you will always be disappointed. GOD says I am not of this world. So what makes you think you can find meaning in something he’s not of? If anyone would like to talk to me you can e-mail me at chipyoumans@gmail.com I would love to meet new people. Glory be to GOD!
Chip Youmans | Oct 17, 2007 | Reply
I can highly recommend the book “A history of god” written by a nun turned atheism/agnostic after discovering the “truth”, haha.. People in ancient israel DID believe in god, the thing that the “prophets” are mad about is that they believe in several gods, whitch was a no-no to them.
Sceptic | Oct 17, 2007 | Reply
“Perverted false worship”, LOL bible interpiders are SOOO funny to listen to, haha…
Sceptic | Oct 17, 2007 | Reply
…By the way, there is no proof that jews have ever been inslaved in Egypt. Just thougt I would give you a heads-up
Sceptic | Oct 17, 2007 | Reply
A question to simon: Are the rules youve just mentioned, rules you honestly think should be inforced? Or is it up to god to inforce them? Hope my question isent to tricky to answer.
Much love to you all
Sceptic | Oct 17, 2007 | Reply
Fantastic!!! I hope there’s something similar in spanish for my catequetical work at my parish.
God bless you!!!
Miquel | Oct 22, 2007 | Reply
Sceptic: I appreciate your honesty and perspective, and ask that you consider 3 things
1. There are people on both sides of the coin that have “changed sides” (skeptics believe, and believers reject) Neither should be used as a line of argument when assessing the validity of an idea.
2. The texts from history listed certainly contradict mainstream culture, and don’t make any sense to uphold certain “requirements” from the past in today’s world. Unfortunately interpretation of any document (not just the Bible) from long ago is not that simple. If you can, take some time to read about hermeneutics, the science of interpretation and translation. It’s one way to discover how a lot of what the Bible reports, is not what the Bible “says”.
3. The fault with a lot of the listed points from above is part of the whole reason for Jesus to have existed. He shattered the way things were, and asked people to question what they knew and seek the truth, like you are.
jeff | Nov 5, 2007 | Reply
In reply to “Sceptic” (Skeptic?) on whether I believe the “rules” I mentioned should be enforced.
By the way your question is far from difficult to answer!
1. Um, no. The biblical extracts are ridiculous manifestations from a troubled time and come from troubled minds (ring a bell anyone?)
2. In the context in which those extracts are taken, I guess they are up to god to enforce. But then it’s most apparent that they were enforced by the “clergy” of the time.
Peace!
Simon | Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
Hey Tim, nice work on this. Kali and I enjoyed it.
John | Apr 13, 2008 | Reply
This scares me. I think the Muslims have a completely different religious narrative. This is the hardest kind of peace to broker, when you are working with two peoples (Jews, Muslims) who are coming at an issue from two completely different religious narratives. I think it’s tragic. I cannot believe that God wants us to fight (and maybe destroy in the process not only humans, but all of nature that is under our dominion) over any piece of real estate, and especially one tinged with competing religious meanings. Because I really don’t feel that this is what God wants of us today, to destroy. I feel God is calling us to be peacemakers.
Patty Cee | Jan 30, 2009 | Reply
To Athiest Mind,
Good for you to speak out from your heart. I didn’t have the faith before, but I didn’t have the courage like you to stand for what you think. You did enter this web site and I assumed you did stay for awhile. You remind me of PAUL, a great, truthful, brave person written in Bible. Please spend more time searching for the evidence to prove we(the bible believers) are wrong. Don’t stop searching.
Joyce
Joyce | Feb 9, 2009 | Reply
“”When Christ came to the earth he brought a new law that fulfilled the old”"
I believe that Christ has always existed since the begin of time.
Christ is the spirit of true Altruism or goodness.
The spirit of Christ can inhabit any person, regardless of race, age or nation.
The ‘earth’ is the body your spirit lives in, it is made from the ground and will go back to the ground.
If the spirit of Christ lives in you, you would not have to worry about doing wrong, because you would be incapable of doing wrong.
The biggest problem is how people define this spirit. Would a rose smell any sweeter if it had a different name? Would Christ be any more good if he was called by a different name? How do I recognize Christ? It is by how you present yourself. I will not accept a self made label on your forehead. You must show me.
paul8bee | Mar 20, 2009 | Reply
Obviously you are searching for something/someone to believe in or you are searching for the TRUTH, OTHERWISE, why are you surfing through christian web pages? Jesus is leading you to the answers but it is up to you to accept him. Even though you are Atheist Jesus is still with you, but until you accept Him as your personal savior you will not have the priceless gift of salvation.
But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us. - Romans 5:8
I will pray for you. I hope you see your great need for Him before it is too late for you to make the choice!
WhomShallIfear | Apr 7, 2009 | Reply
just wondering if you celebrate Christmas? (Atheist mind)
Sarah | Apr 12, 2009 | Reply
hmmm. personally it provides the glimpse into deep, divine love. Love only produced form the purest “spirit” or character of a deity reflected by hosea.
i don’t think without it, as much as i can figure, anyone would aspire to such degradation or “rigid” work to love someone like that.
All these snip-its are very informative and i enjoy the geography as well the history lessons, much cheaper than college and easier than reading a book. Will there be more? maybe there is a link and i have missed it, i’ll check.
adam henderson | Apr 20, 2009 | Reply
Without taking the time to see if anyone has mentioned it, “Redeeming Love” is always a great fictional work illustrating the love and restoration “Hosea” provides about God, maybe just in a little more modern detail and plot. Of course “Redeeming Love” offers little about Jerusalem and His people… so read it with the Bible. Bible for dinner, “Redeeming love” for desert.
Francine Rivers is the author.
adam henderson | Apr 20, 2009 | Reply
Thank God for those who put this together. It is so refreshing and revelational. I wish they will consider doing it for other books of the Bible.
EMMANUEL ADETONA | Apr 26, 2009 | Reply
Hosea’s overview was good. I thank God for His faithfulness. I decided to study the Book of Hosea
Evans | Jul 27, 2009 | Reply
The presentation is great way of understanding the bible from a historical and georaphical perspective. I’ll keep staying on the course. Thanks!GBU
Balozi Paulo | Sep 17, 2009 | Reply
can i wacht this video on spanisch?
roberto | Dec 6, 2009 | Reply