tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:51:23 +0000Dedicated to the furtherance of the gospel of Christ. An analysis of the beliefs and practices of the church of Christ, a non-denominational, non-institutional assembly (or gathering) of Christians who worship God in truth and spirit according to the pattern set forth in the New Testament of the Bible. A resource of original and reprinted content for Bible study, Bible history, and church history.http://www.bibleweb.com/index.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)Blogger361125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-5302838688490540613Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:33:00 +00002008-07-30T14:10:34.938-05:00BibleI have used the NKJV for 26 years. It is my preferred translation, though there are things I like about the ESV, HCSB, TNIV, and NASB as well. Lately, however, I have been very disappointed with the binding quality of Thomas Nelson bibles.  Over the last year, I have purchased three NKJV bibles that were poorly constructed:  2 Nelson Study Bibles, and 1 giant print center column reference http://www.bibleweb.com/2008/07/what-is-your-favorite-bible-translation.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-6570547376008924546Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:18:00 +00002008-07-06T21:18:19.936-05:0050 Greatest Quotes on Men : Think Men Think: "If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see. ~ Henry David Thoreau"http://www.bibleweb.com/2008/07/50-greatest-quotes-on-men-think-men.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-5127634639829921820Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:48:00 +00002008-06-03T14:16:22.356-05:00ScribdA quick search for Bible study resources available on Scribd.com reveals the following: The Holy Bible - King James Version (indexed version). Other translations and languages are available as well. The New Testament and individual Bible books are also available. Methods of Bible Study by Rev. R. A. TorreyNave's Topical Bible Septuagint BibleBooks available in the public domain125 Years of http://www.bibleweb.com/2008/06/bible-study-resources-on-scribdcom.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-4007021106791044974Sat, 17 May 2008 22:24:00 +00002008-05-17T17:29:47.822-05:00iPhoneScribdWith a free Scribd.com account, you can instantly make your Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, and text documents (and JPEG photos) instantly viewable to iPhones worldwide. Simply upload your documents to Scribd.com. We Are iPhone Compatible Click on a document on Scribd, and iPhone will open the document in iPhone's native viewer. iPhone supports PDF, Word docs, Excel spreadsheets,http://www.bibleweb.com/2008/05/how-to-make-your-documents-iphone.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-1686698144564392738Sat, 17 May 2008 20:32:00 +00002008-05-17T17:09:57.405-05:00ScribdScribd is a web service that makes it easy to store and share documents online. Think of Scribd as the "YouTube" of documents (and pictures). My five favorite benefits of Scribd are as follows: Unlimited document storage and sharing. You decide whether your documents are public or private.Social integration. Like YouTube and Flickr, Scribd allows users to permit viewers to comment on their http://www.bibleweb.com/2008/05/5-things-i-like-about-scribdcom.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-2643435282167889281Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:35:00 +00002007-12-06T11:39:35.859-05:00EvolutionDear Friend, The Florida Department of Education has drafted and is now proposing new state educational standards for teaching evolution as fact as opposed to theory. Our own Taylor County School Superintendent and School Board have publicly asked concerned citizens who oppose this to make their opinions known. Attached to this post are letters to each member of the State Board of http://www.bibleweb.com/2007/12/florida-schools-to-teach-evolution-as_06.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-5764450773578185225Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:35:00 +00002007-12-06T11:36:51.694-05:00EvolutionDear Friend, The Florida Department of Education has drafted and is now proposing new state educational standards for teaching evolution as fact as opposed to theory. Our own Taylor County School Superintendent and School Board have publicly asked concerned citizens who oppose this to make their opinions known. Attached to this email are letters to each member of the State Board of http://www.bibleweb.com/2007/12/florida-schools-to-teach-evolution-as.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-2757867484319937361Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:20:00 +00002007-11-19T09:22:11.880-05:00Joe Corley Joe Job title: Company: Joe Corley Books Address: 116 Armory Drive Lewisburg, TN 37091 Business: (931) 359-3451 Home: Mobile: Business Fax: E-mail: E-mail 2: cached Monday, May 28, 2007 http://www.bibleweb.com/2007/11/joe-corley-contact-info-for-bible.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-6832888075806575537Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:17:00 +00002007-09-12T12:28:01.629-05:00BibliographyBooksCalvinismI am not a Calvinist, but below is a list of sources on both sides of the the issue. Check back often as this post will be updated periodically. Sources Against Calvinism Picking the Brighter Tulip By Alger FitchPublished 1997 College Press Publishing Company, Incorporated Google Books Amazon Sources in Favor of Calvinism Christian Christianity Church of Christ Church of Christ http://www.bibleweb.com/2007/09/calvinism-bibliography.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-7599049315454938894Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:18:00 +00002007-09-01T14:25:39.894-05:00SeptuagintWith a little help from my friend Jeff Himmel, I can share with you some online resources for search Greek text: http://www.ecmarsh.com/lxx/ is an English translation of the LXX, but without the Greek text. http://septuagint.org/LXX/ has the Greek text, but no English translation. http://studylight.org will let you search the LXX; results display in English with a transliterated Greek text. http://www.bibleweb.com/2007/09/search-septuagint-online.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-6493724965473852876Wed, 23 May 2007 17:27:00 +00002007-09-01T14:17:36.354-05:00PalestinianNPR1948LebanonIsraelNPR's Morning Edition had an interesting story (audio, page) this morning on the plight of the Palestinian refugees. Thousands of Palestinian leave a refugee camp in northern Lebanon that has been the scene of three days of fighting between the Lebanese army and Islamic militants. The camp is one of a dozen created in Lebanon after Israel was created in 1948. Christian Christianity Church of http://www.bibleweb.com/2007/05/plight-of-pale.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-8832125608022338276Mon, 07 May 2007 02:45:00 +00002007-05-07T20:25:34.132-05:00Powerpoint sermoncovetousnessExodus 20:17textual sermon outlineTen Commandments1 Timothy 6:10topical sermon outlinecovetWhy is covetousness the Tenth Commandment (Exodus 20:17)? Covetousness is not listed last because it is somehow the least of sins (James 2:8-11), but because it is "a root of all kinds of evil" (1 Timothy 6:10), covetousness causes people to violate each of the other nine commandments. The sermon outline is available in two formats: Powerpoint (*.PPT) and webpage archive (*.MHT). In the slide http://www.bibleweb.com/2007/05/covetousness-tenth-commandment.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-4229537517648210765Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:15:00 +00002007-04-28T17:03:22.349-05:00eBible's eBibleicious javacrcipt should allow viewers to read a Bible verse on Bibleweb.com simply by passing their mouse over the scripture reference.For example: Genesis 1:1, John 1:1. eBible Bible Software Christian Christianity Church of Christ Church of Christ http://www.bibleweb.com/2007/04/john-11.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-7543192975494513293Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:21:00 +00002007-04-28T15:37:20.765-05:00From Maps of War.com: How has the geography of religion evolved over the centuries, and where has it sparked wars? Our map gives us a brief history of the world's most well-known religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. Selected periods of inter-religious bloodshed are also highlighted. Want to see 5,000 years of religion in 90 seconds? Ready, Set, Go! Buddhism Christianhttp://www.bibleweb.com/2007/04/film-displays-thousands-of-years-of.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-518747856121686230Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:41:00 +00002007-04-28T20:25:06.755-05:00BibleMap.org has created a free Bible Atlas utilizing Google Maps. So far, BibleMap.org has over 500 location from the Old and New Testaments. BibleMap.org Bible Maps Bible Places Bible Software Google Maps Christian Christianity Church of Christ Church of Christ http://www.bibleweb.com/2007/04/biblemapsorg-free-bible-atlas-using.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-2274538872798551022Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:04:00 +00002007-04-28T14:30:20.888-05:00OpenBible.Info has geocoded, "The location of every identifiable place mentioned in the Bible" in a way that allows users to view the locations via satellite images using Google Earth (a free program from Google). The web site has compiled the locations into KML and KMZ files that users may download for free and use with Google Earth for viewing on their home computer. A module has even been http://www.bibleweb.com/2007/04/openbibleinfo-adds-biblical-landmarks.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-5326593153663409079Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:32:00 +00002007-04-24T11:12:52.447-05:00Check out this recent post from Wayne Jackson at Christian Courier entitled "The Jewish Talmud and the Death of Christ." I recommend that you read the entire article, only a portion of which is quoted from below:There is an interesting passage in the Jewish Talmud that mentions the death of Christ. Though written from a negative vantage point, it nonetheless constitutes a marvelous confirmation http://www.bibleweb.com/2007/04/jewish-babylonian-talmud-confirms-life.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-7959524127399833194Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:03:00 +00002007-04-27T17:53:16.383-05:00From MSNBC: ISTANBUL, Turkey - Assailants tied up three people at a publishing house that distributes Bibles in Turkey and then slit their throats Wednesday, adding to a string of attacks apparently targeting the country’s tiny Christian minority. * * * The publishing house had been targeted previously in protests by nationalists who accused it of proselytizing in this overwhelmingly Muslim but http://www.bibleweb.com/2007/04/3-christians-killed-in-turkey-for.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-6649424362505931047Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:55:00 +00002007-04-27T17:56:38.754-05:00In a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court upheld a federal law banning partial birth abortions. You can read more about the decision at CNN and MSNBC, or you can read the actual decision, Gonzales, Attorney General v. Carhart, Nos. 05-380 and 05-1382 (U.S. April 18, 2007). The justices voting in favor of the ban included Kennedy, Scalia and Thomas, and President Bush's two recent http://www.bibleweb.com/2007/04/supreme-court-upholds-congressional-ban.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-3872128857564721571Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:44:00 +00002007-04-27T18:05:06.445-05:00My Palm Treo 680 is indispensable for my work and personal life. It is my phone, calendar, address book, to do list, and notebook. It has other bells and whistles as well, all of which I also use, but where the Bible is concerned, my favorite resources are: Olive Tree Bible Software (http://www.olivetree.com/). Using Olive Tree's software, I currently have the following -- Bible translations on http://www.bibleweb.com/2007/04/three-favorite-bible-resources-for-palm.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-4208914026868390911Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:56:00 +00002007-04-27T18:10:35.678-05:00According to the April 2007 rankings of CBA (formerly known as the Christian Booksellers Association), the New King James Version of the Bible is the current best-selling translation in the United States. The top ten are as follows:1 New King James Version 2 King James Version 3 New International Version 4 New Living Translation 5 English Standard Version 6 The Message 7 New American Standard http://www.bibleweb.com/2007/04/nkjv-best-selling-bible-according-to.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-5506431896023660732Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:00:00 +00002007-04-27T18:12:46.043-05:00The CBA (Christian Booksellers Association) January 2007 Bible sales rankings:King James VersionNew International VersionNew Century VersionNew King James VersionNew Living TranslationEnglish Standard VersionHolman Christian Standard BibleNew American Standard Bible updateThe Message Eugene PetersonReina Valera 1960 (Spanish) Christian Booksellers Association Bible Translations NKJVChristian http://www.bibleweb.com/2007/04/christian-booksellers-association.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-6277634796282565237Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:35:00 +00002007-04-28T10:40:35.119-05:00Let's resolve to spend more time with God's word this year.Daily Reading Schedules.These schedules are not designed for reading the entire Bible in a year: Harmony of the Gospels, Wisdom Literature and Select Readings.Five Day Reading Schedules for the entire Bible in a year. Crossway's One-Year Bible Reading Plans:Daily Reading Bible. (RSS.) This plan follows the one found in the ESV Daily http://www.bibleweb.com/2006/12/more-daily-bilbe-reading-plans.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-5159212695412320179Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:25:00 +00002007-04-27T18:17:55.969-05:00Last year, the elders at Spring Warrior asked me to prepare a daily Bible reading schedule for the members that did not require the members to read the entire Bible through in a year. I prepared three such schedules: one of the Harmony of the Gospels, one of Wisdom Literature, and one of select readings. Please feel free to use, share, or edit them to your edification. If you want a daily Bible http://www.bibleweb.com/2006/12/daily-bible-reading-schedules-for-2007.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313815.post-6752761039499977725Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:10:00 +00002007-04-27T22:06:59.649-05:00Florida College's annual lectures are February 5-8, 2007, at its campus in Temple Terrace, Florida. This year's theme is "Back to the Beginning: Studies in Acts." A link to the lecture program is found here. Audio tapes and books of the lectures may be purcahsed from the Florida College Bookstore.http://www.bibleweb.com/2006/12/florida-college-lectures-2007.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Blue)