Online Bible Institute | John Allen | Activity https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/members/johnallen/activity/ Activity feed for John Allen. Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:33:54 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=3.4.3 en-US 30 hourly 2 64c2f62e45521e352a9518904162ef0e John Allen posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/87789/#acomment-87860 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:50:44 -0400 Awesome take. Makes me look forward to this course in the future.

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Thoughts on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament Unit 1

Two Transformative Takeaways

1. Preservation of history is ultimately volatile: One of the first things that I took away from […]

]]> 9bfd13a2af338932a3651088c952960d John Allen posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/87804/#acomment-87859 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:48:24 -0400 Intercessory prayer is a selfless, and most times, action only seen and known by God. To me that is what makes it so powerful. It’s not about us but others. If we are redeemed, our desire should be that the lost, discouraged, and unchurched be brought to correct relationship. Totally agree with your assessment of the need for revival. That…

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This chapter opened my eyes up to just how much this modern society needs a revival. We are witnessing a worldwide backslide. We are experiencing things that the indiviuals in […]

]]> feee0a865159ec59adee68e77b03e7f9 John Allen posted an update: In 2 Timothy 2:15, the purpose of study results in […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/87858/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:41:13 -0400 In 2 Timothy 2:15, the purpose of study results in the “rightly dividing the Word of Truth”. The most impactful result of this lesson for me were the Six Rules established by the course. While all were valuable and impactful, the one that really hit home in my heart were Rules 3, 4, & 5.

Rule 3, Rule of Contextual Understanding, is the…

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]]> 2 5be73dc2ca2c2c753871f77dec919762 John Allen posted an update: This lesson on Bible study tools was enlightening for […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/87857/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:57:17 -0400 This lesson on Bible study tools was enlightening for me. While I have extensively used a Strong’s concordance for years, and was aware of a few of the tools recommended, until now I have never investigated them.

Most impactful for me in this study was the introduction to the Matthew Henry commentaries. While I have used commentaries in the…

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]]> 1 cb12fb2c124fe134b898e2d75233f683 John Allen posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/87805/#acomment-87856 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:46:20 -0400 Final statement captured the purpose of The Lord’s repetitive validation of His Word. Very encouraging.

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This was a very interesting session as Dr. Mackie gives us three Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) verses that show us when the Bible itself actually says that it is to written […]

]]> 7fd3092690685b6bbe08171ce0ca05f2 John Allen posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/87821/#acomment-87855 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:42:04 -0400 Great summary. Our church reads and studies the Torah from a Christ fulfilled perspective every week. No matter how deep or shallow we go, obedience and disobedience is what every Biblical life comes back to over and over.

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In the book of Deuteronomy we see a restatement of the Law. As we read this, we can begin to think why is this written again? The purpose for this was for the new generation that […]

]]> 815f3736f6a1477e325ef6bc7e6b70b7 John Allen posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/85439/#acomment-85444 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:34:32 -0400 I liked your observation on the representation of the seal. In today’s modern world, many don’t catch the fullness of that principle. In Paul’s day, the seal of kings, governors, or even craftsmen, was more than just a way to keep scrolls from opening, it was a declaration of identity. Your yoking of the seal of the Holy Spirit and The…

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In Paul’s teaching that Christians are sealed with the Holy Spirit. Ephesians says that after believing the gospel, believers were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit. A seal […]

]]> cc86f2fe59e7c0057a88dbaa5abb73a4 John Allen posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/85436/#acomment-85441 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:28:31 -0400 Excellent observation. I especially liked the yoking of what most believers view as “secular” work. 100% agree. We are His ALL OF THE TIME, not just in church and we should worship Him as such. Your brief story of your dad praying before work was the icing on the cake.

In reply to - Jeff Jacinto posted an update As a child, I often saw my dad pray before leaving home. I once asked him why. He told me, “Everything we do the whole day is our oblation to God.” As I grew older, I began to […] ]]> dde615c38cb08616f302f1179892006e John Allen posted an update: This course revealed some honest and simple facts […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/85440/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:26:12 -0400 This course revealed some honest and simple facts regarding study of the Scripture. First, I was humbled by the fact that the course highlighted that many people fail at studying the Bible because they simply read it like a book. That resonated with me but also inspired me in taking this course because I believe that is true of majority…

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]]> 0 93fcc74d9ddb5394feaa7512ee2b5947 John Allen posted an update: What I liked about this lesson was learning the […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/84672/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:41:51 -0400 What I liked about this lesson was learning the difference in translations, and how the paraphrasing of thought-based translations impacts our understanding of Biblical texts because no language is exactly alike. For one of the exercises, I performed the following comparison:

New King James Translation: “For God so loved the world that He gave…

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]]> 2 dd0ce05f148ab213f7d208162acec06d John Allen posted an update: This Lesson covered the foundational structure of how […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/84666/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:34:51 -0400 This Lesson covered the foundational structure of how to read and study the Bible. What I really liked was the structural use of Daily, Prayerfully, Selectively, and Systematic, as waypoints to Biblical reading. That said, the biggest take way for use in personal ministry and discipleship was the overview of each book provided.

The overview…

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]]> 1 ced07c5660e245093375f55480a00301 John Allen posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/84602/#acomment-84662 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:24:45 -0400 Awesome points in your post. I really liked the “tortilla” example. Looking forward to taking this course.

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Session 15 Common Poetic Conventions in Biblical Hebrew

This particular session contains several fascinating points that powerfully caught my attention. The first is that Hebrew poetry […]

]]> f6e738c1fe5e5ef760c52745459e20e4 John Allen posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/84634/#acomment-84661 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:21:13 -0400 Great assessment and spiritually humbling.

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Hello, what touched me most here is about the tabernacle furnishing and decorations. It came to my realization that all that was incorporated in the tabernacle reveals […]

]]> 58b47e216de033f2baaf26c661ed52e3 John Allen posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/84521/#acomment-84564 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:34:15 -0400 Wow. Excellent points regarding the reverence required to worship Him in spirit and truth.

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The word scripture refers to God’s Word, but using a capital “S” specifically signifies the sacred writings of the one true God.

This distinction impacted me deeply. As […]

]]> 768ddb5103a2601a7677084540223b3f John Allen posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/84541/#acomment-84563 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:28:20 -0400 One of the hardest realities that I had to come to terms within my salvation walk was the “war” referenced here in your summary, and that it never ends due to the fragility of flesh vs The Holy God. (Isaiah 40:6-8). I also like how you yoked repentance to the infilling of The Holy Spirit. Thank you and great perception.

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Course The Ministry of the Holy Spirit

Chapter 12 The Works of the Flesh

Works of the flesh are characteristics of the sinful nature of man caused by lust. The works of the flesh […]

]]> 4e1298faa379eed041350d7bc79a4441 John Allen posted an update: This lesson was instructive to me at the introduction. […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/84562/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:22:06 -0400 This lesson was instructive to me at the introduction. With the reference Scripture Jerimiah 23:30 “Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith The Lord, that steal My Words everyone from his neighbor.” We can’t know God through others; we must come to know Him by correct, foundational study of His Word.

The focus on self-study…

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