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  • 20/20 on Who? | Posted by Mart De Haan on Feb 13 2010

    Two passages of the Bible that are often used to emphasize the importance of Scripture may be doing something more.
    Example One: When, after eating no food for 40 days,  Jesus resists Satan’s temptation to turn stones into bread, he quotes Moses as saying “Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that [...]

  • To Do or Not to Do | Posted by Mart De Haan on Nov 19 2009

    Another combination of statements that could look like a contradiction shows up in the Sermon on the Mount.
    First Jesus encourages his followers to “let their light shine before others” so that others can see the good that they do (Matt 5:16).
    But then a few statements later the Teacher begins an extended emphasis in which he [...]

  • Studies in Contrast #2 | Posted by Mart De Haan on Nov 18 2009

    Sometimes the apparent contradictions of the Bible happen in such quick succession that it is apparent that they are intentional devices to provoke thought.
    For example, in Proverbs 26:4, the person of wisdom says, “Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.” The very next proverb in vs 5 [...]

  • Studies in Contrast | Posted by Mart De Haan on Nov 14 2009

    Does the Bible contradict itself?
    More than a few people have written books or hosted websites to say that they lost their faith after seeing how often the Bible contradicts itself. Some have spent a lot of time compiling lists of apparent discrepancies in both Old and New Testaments.
    Collections of alleged Bible contradictions are apt to [...]

  • Dark Light | Posted by Mart De Haan on Jul 25 2009

    Every once in a while I think about a quote I heard from an unknown source:
    “We see things not only as they are– but as we are.”
    The thought reminds me of what the Apostle Paul wrote to Titus when he said, “To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and [...]

  • Good Conversation | Posted by Mart De Haan on May 03 2009

    Few disagreements continue on the basis of 100% error. From the beginning, our spiritual enemy told a half truth (Gen 3:5) and ever since we have been unintentionally, falling into his example.
    Sometimes the art of telling half-truths is intentional. But more often it reflects the limitations of one point of view.
    Monologues tend to reflect [...]

  • How to Find Unity in the Bible | Posted by Mart De Haan on Aug 29 2008

    A few months ago I did a couple of posts on whether the implications we see in the Bible are:
    (1) necessary, (2) probable, (3) possible, (4) improbable or, (5) impossible implications.
    I mentioned that I learned this from Haddon Robinson who, from his years of experience as a pastor, seminary professor, and mentor to so many, [...]

  • Bible Ah-Ha! #12 | Posted by Mart De Haan on Jun 01 2008

    In his own story, Surprised by Joy, CS Lewis tells how he left the faith during his adolescent years and then returned at about the age of 30. As an Oxford scholar and writer, CS Lewis, would later write, “I believe in Christianity as I believe in the sun, not only because I see it, [...]

  • The Fear Factor | Posted by Mart De Haan on May 27 2008

    Los Angeles Lakers’ star, Kobe Bryant, is claiming today that his hyperdunk jump over a pool of snakes is for real. His stunt, that recently hit the internet, echoes a television series that aired for six years from 2001 to 2006.
    “Fear Factor” was the first reality show to be syndicated by a television network. As [...]

  • Already But Not Yet | Posted by Mart De Haan on May 22 2008

    The phrase sounds self-contradictory. But I think it helps to capture what the Bible tells us about the forgiving rescue and kingdom of God.
    Many of us would say that we already know Christ, but not yet as we will in the future. The Apostle Paul teaches us to think this way in his famous [...]

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