The Bible is composed of 66 books, written by countless authors, across several centuries, and in different countries. It remains a national best seller and has been published in several languages with numerous translations. Yet despite all of those statistics, most people ... Testament and without knowing the Old Testament we only know half the story, and therefore cannot fully understand the Bible. Without understanding the Old Testament we cannot truly appreciate how great salvation in Christ is. The people of the Old Testament dreamed of the day when a Messiah would come and save them so...

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... . The Bible should always be approached with the assumption that it is inspired, inerrant and authoritative. Total reliance on the Holy Spirit is essential for correct interpretation. Just as human authors are the best authority concerning the meaning of their literary works, so the Holy Spirit is the best authority concerning the Bible. However, we should be aware that human nature ... equivalence, and paraphrasing. Paraphrasing. Of the three, paraphrasing is not actually a method of translation at all, and is the least likely to produce an accurate Bible version. The "translator" has g...

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... of ENLIGHTENMENT was recognized by Jonathan Edwards, who wrote SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD. This piece of history was written at the time of a religious revival, the "Great Awakening", which was marked by waves of conversions that spread from congregation to congregation- conversions so intensely emotional as to amount at times to mass hysteria. THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD, which ... . Throughout the course of the year I have learned about many different styles of writing, and I have seen the changes in each style as I have read the various works of the authors I have learned about...

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