Online Bible Institute | John | Activity https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/members/johnnfor/activity/ Activity feed for John. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:24:20 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=3.0.5 en-US 30 hourly 2 7ad1751cabd6268a9b84d587b82db305 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/82336/#acomment-82368 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:40:03 -0400 The Bible is a book no one will ever know enough to stop studying!

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This session described the many subplots underlying the overarching plot of the entire Bible (Old and New Testament). The instructor laid out two initial, large-scale subplots: […]

]]> 1c25c51c97650faedd000d7f180ae5c0 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/82337/#acomment-82367 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:38:59 -0400 Great! Just knowing Scriptures is of no effect.

In reply to - Pieter van der Merwe posted an update

The lesson is about applying Scripture and explores three basic factors that can help us to connect the original meaning of the Bible to modern situations. We first look […]

]]> 86d3b3c16cda052a8a3d2667329ca63a John posted an update: Course: Abraham Session 6: Abram the Snake Abraham […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/82366/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:37:08 -0400 Course: Abraham

Session 6: Abram the Snake

Abraham does not trust God and instead crafts a scheme that exposes Sarah to risk to preserve his own life.

Rather than bringing blessings to the nations, Abraham’s schemes bring curses upon the Egyptians.

Through repeated key vocabulary, the biblical authors tell the story of Abraham and Sarah’s…

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]]> 0 0492308e2ac099f37c0759c3450fe34e John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/82342/#acomment-82365 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:33:06 -0400 Great insight there, Sir. Our heart is a place we must guard always.

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In this final sermon, Pastor Doug teaches about Kingdom righteousness according to Matthew 5:19-20. Jesus’ declaration that the people’s righteousness must exceed that of the Pharisees […]

]]> 000a6c7ba7883fd55831facb4881f0a0 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/82345/#acomment-82364 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:31:47 -0400 Trusting a thief, you should be ready for his bite

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Lesson 18 – Spiritual Strategies: A Manual for Spiritual Warfare discussed the battles over strategic territory. A great reminder is in John 10:10 – the thief comes to […]

]]> 35bae8dd7f0c55298ff33cff729620fb John posted an update: Course: Abraham Session 5: God Calls Abram and […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/82363/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:30:28 -0400 Course: Abraham

Session 5: God Calls Abram and Promises Blessing

Humans can go two ways. They can name things in alignment with God’s wisdom, like the human in the garden, or they can seek to make a name for themselves and become “men of the name.”

Abraham didn’t leave his family after Terakh’s death; he left while his family was still…

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]]> 0 658a6892c5636a3afd3569b197a30619 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/82349/#acomment-82362 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:28:14 -0400 Moses, a prophet like no other!

In reply to - Ben Wagner posted an update

This lesson focused on the death of Moses and on the former and latter prophets. The Israelites were waiting for another prophet like Moses, who was face to face with the Lord […]

]]> bd976f349478f20547c0731afdeac634 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/82357/#acomment-82361 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:27:21 -0400 Yes, WE are God’s agents of spreading his word in the entire world.

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Creative Bible Study Methods

Chapter 9: Studying the Bible by the Bible

In this lesson one thing that stuck with me is the fact that we have a responsibility to spread the Word of […]

]]> 20cf17162d2e65c2383935a7d0d4cea6 John posted an update: Course: Abraham Session 4: A Tale of Two […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/82360/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:25:52 -0400 Course: Abraham

Session 4: A Tale of Two Journeys

The Israelite cosmology of Genesis 1, when set alongside Babylonian or Egyptian cosmologies, shows that Yahweh has no rival. He is the one who can speak things into being.

The two stories of Terakh and Abraham are set side by side to compare and contrast: Terakh is marked by death, and…

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]]> 0 a160b9076efde5eecd13c0e4912dc77f John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/82257/#acomment-82293 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:26:55 -0400 Wow! Great, all translations are helpful!!

In reply to - Stephen posted an update

Module 8 was a study on the long and often complicated history of English Bible translation. Learning how Scripture moved from Latin into Old English, and eventually into the many […]

]]> 417dcf9b3cca0193735c4800e8bb6358 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/82263/#acomment-82292 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:23:41 -0400 Great reminder there!

In reply to - Desmond posted an update

In this sermon from Matthew 5:17-18, Pastor Doug explores Jesus’ relationship to the Old Testament – not to abolish the Law and the Prophets but to fulfil them. The law, which included […]

]]> afcebc3f04c74f4cc1c330c05ea7081b John posted an update: Course: Abraham Session 3: The Literary Design of […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/82291/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:22:15 -0400 Course: Abraham

Session 3: The Literary Design of Genesis 1-11

The Abraham narratives are designed to walk through the same sequence established in Genesis 1-11.

It’s helpful to recognize the literary artistry, narrative message, and agenda of the author so we understand not only that something interesting happened in the past, but also what…

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]]> 2 d25da17595199a9637692e62951fad32 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/82266/#acomment-82290 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:19:41 -0400 Yes, I agree with you. Spiritual gifts are very important in the body of Christ!

In reply to - Aaron House posted an update

Ministry of the Holy Spirit

Chapter-5

All believers have been blessed with a gift of the Spirit. Although

not all believers posses the same gift or gifts, all are very important

to […]

]]> 70a569e61340846dbaa1ad5da4b4f633 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/82276/#acomment-82289 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:18:12 -0400 Very important course!! Hearing God prevents us from uncountable dangers we cannot see!

In reply to - Kevin posted an update

Going thru this chapter I was very interested in all of it because I was not aware of all of the divisions and seperator’s of God’s Will. I had heard of the permissible will of God […]

]]> 0d5ab09a12a84010260d50fe1eb7dabb John posted an update: Course: Abraham Session 2: The Abraham Story as a […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/82288/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:16:16 -0400 Course: Abraham

Session 2: The Abraham Story as a Whole

A lot happened in Abraham and Sarah’s lives, and a lot of it is not told. It’s helpful to ask, “Why have these moments been selected out of their whole lives, and why have they been arranged in this way?”

When we see three things placed next to each other, we start comparing and…

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]]> 1 466768b4077d52e2f18aed2bc1b65dc6 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/82280/#acomment-82287 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:13:45 -0400 Great things you learned, and they are very important in Bible study!

In reply to - Dimitrios posted an update

Creative Bible Study Methods

Chapter 8: Outlining, Marking, Charting

In this lesson, I learned about the important skills of outlining, marking and charting to help improve my […]

]]> 5decc298dbf0050708ef601ba7a50981 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/82277/#acomment-82286 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:12:20 -0400 Very important document! God continue to preserve everything that will be of help to his people!

In reply to - Ben Wagner posted an update

The Dead Sea Scrolls are the oldest written texts of the Hebrew Bible. These scrolls were held by a group of priests who had departed from the rest of the priests in Israel. When […]

]]> 133e05f6cffe3438f2efbdf0a80e0eae John posted an update: Course: Abraham Session 1:Abraham & Sarah in the […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/82285/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:10:57 -0400 Course: Abraham

Session 1:Abraham & Sarah in the Biblical Imagination

When we approach overly familiar biblical narratives, anything that gives us a fresh sense of newness can help us engage the text.

Stories about our ancestors are also stories about our sense of ourselves

Jesus frequently appealed to the Hebrew Scriptures to discuss…

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]]> 1 a3d86595b384d3216d9bc98787f85f94 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81725/#acomment-81732 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:02:28 -0400 Great!

In reply to - Pieter van der Merwe posted an update

The lesson looked at several concepts important to exploring and discovering the meaning of Scripture. These are the original meaning, the theological basis for focusing […]

]]> 2ef8baed8f5f2ba10af371091f978a71 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81729/#acomment-81731 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:01:45 -0400 Oh! Yes, a heart that truly loves and is open to his instruction

In reply to - Olivia Rose posted an update

Amos said again and again and almost highlighted justice and warned against empty religion. God desires hearts that truly love Him instead of people who only go through religious routines.

]]> dc740c5594f13824f7084188c99a580e John posted an update: Course: Noah to Abraham Session 28: From Shem […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81730/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:54:39 -0400 Course: Noah to Abraham

Session 28: From Shem to Abraham

In the meditation literature, the Bible holds a lifetime’s worth of discoveries that point to Jesus in ways you may never have imagined, fostering wonder and appreciation that inspire your faith journey.

The Bible is communal literature. Highlighting how meaningful group reading can…

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]]> 1 4b4500a4b832753b96eea499094ffe3b John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81147/#acomment-81712 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:35:19 -0400 @shack, You are very right!

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Course: Noah To Abraham

Session 6: The Flood Narrative in Ancient Near Eastern Context

Genesis 8:1 is a pivot from de-creation to new creation. From this point on, key vocabulary in […]

]]> 70cdd974c85cc72ab2da2aad03e47c6d John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81147/#acomment-81711 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:34:26 -0400 @Pieter Yeah!

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Course: Noah To Abraham

Session 6: The Flood Narrative in Ancient Near Eastern Context

Genesis 8:1 is a pivot from de-creation to new creation. From this point on, key vocabulary in […]

]]> 65d1a6babe6621f0eb3428e34edd16a2 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81378/#acomment-81709 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:31:33 -0400 @Des Amen! He will help us all!

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Course: Noah to Abraham

Session 12: Noah the Righteous Remnant

The first fact this session presented was that life for many through the righteousness of the one is a key concept […]

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Course: Noah to Abraham

Session 15: The Flood as Cosmic Collapse

The following lessons were learned in this session: the language used to describe the flood describes neither a local […]

]]> 788809316c5a2491e431d6f6e88641d3 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81435/#acomment-81707 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:29:23 -0400 @brandondillard Thank you1

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Course: Noah to Abraham

Session 15: The Flood as Cosmic Collapse

The following lessons were learned in this session: the language used to describe the flood describes neither a local […]

]]> 4490e3225bcf50b206fc598fd763b2e6 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81507/#acomment-81706 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:28:24 -0400 @Max , You are welcome

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Course: Noah to Abraham

Session 18: Noah’s Sacrifice and God’s Blessing

In this session, I learned the following lessons: God would be justified to hand humans over to the destruction […]

]]> 3b66c82a4ec935ca0e16b718082a97e1 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81500/#acomment-81705 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:27:06 -0400 @shavetterogers Yeah!

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Course: Noah to Abraham

Session 16:The Flood Overwhelms the Land

In this session, I learned the following lesson: Noah and the others on the ark are the first image of the […]

]]> 719ab70e980b6c6d3b94fbe3567d7e9c John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81500/#acomment-81704 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:26:39 -0400 @leah-hoppes 🙏

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Course: Noah to Abraham

Session 16:The Flood Overwhelms the Land

In this session, I learned the following lesson: Noah and the others on the ark are the first image of the […]

]]> fde19759e14fa2ff15fb43027e660cf4 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81504/#acomment-81703 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:25:07 -0400 @🙏

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Course: Noah to Abraham

Session 17: The Flood Waters Recede

When God delivers from death, it is also an act of creation.

Noah is the first one who waits on the word of the Lord in […]

]]> 46e8e37a71e6d3c4637a91078279c6fd John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81504/#acomment-81702 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:24:27 -0400 @Max , You are welcome

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Course: Noah to Abraham

Session 17: The Flood Waters Recede

When God delivers from death, it is also an act of creation.

Noah is the first one who waits on the word of the Lord in […]

]]> 964f78dafdb85399da2fed7e48dad719 John posted an update: Course: Noah to Abraham Session 27: The Founding […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81701/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:38:58 -0400 Course: Noah to Abraham

Session 27: The Founding of Babylon

City builders in Genesis start a pattern of people trying to provide their own deliverance—their own Eden gift—instead of trusting God.

The whole of Genesis 3-11 is the fall narrative. It is a comprehensive diagnosis of what’s wrong with the human condition.

The tower in Babylon…

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]]> 0 32a9dfbc37cfe169ed667d2cce16449f John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81686/#acomment-81700 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:31:21 -0400 It becomes more difficult when the inmate does not have an accepted family or has no family at all!

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Jail and Prison Ministry

Chapter-9

Being released from prison can be a very tough situation

for an ex-felon, even if they are born again, if they have been locked up

10 to 20 years […]

]]> 0081a8b1564fa5c41a83b6c4d9aa3b46 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81696/#acomment-81699 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:29:22 -0400 Great, can the man free themselves from possession, or eh/she need a second person? However, this is what I think!

In reply to - James posted an update Demons can also possess human beings. Demon possession is a condition in which one or more evil spirits (demons) inhabit the body of a human being and take complete control of their […] ]]> 2f9ab093ae6ef1c5a7507595ab11a2e6 John posted an update: Course: Noah to ABRAHAM Session 26: The Brothers […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81698/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:25:47 -0400 Course: Noah to ABRAHAM

Session 26: The Brothers Come Together in Peace

What if there were really a way that all the families of the nations could be at peace? This idea can inspire hope and a sense of possibility among believers, showing that biblical themes of peace are attainable.

Poetry that hyperlinks to other parts of Scripture and…

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]]> 0 dc7dc1462fc6ff04c7615da958ec1f37 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81687/#acomment-81697 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:21:58 -0400 I see?

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What i learned about Lamentations is it helped me understand the seriousness of sin and also i found out that the destruction of Jerusalem happened because the people […]

]]> c5e9d45d57062097561817eefb78808b John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81688/#acomment-81692 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:12:14 -0400 Wow! We, Our, model prayer. I remember learning this in an intercessory class.

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I really enjoyed this chapter of the course. While I have been saying the Model Prayer my whole life, diving deeper into understanding what the words truly mean was […]

]]> 286c61645e4c5bfda664bf7d7065e17a John posted an update: Course: Noah to Abraham Session 25: Blessing and […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81691/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:09:10 -0400 Course: Noah to Abraham

Session 25: Blessing and Cursing Noah’s Sons

This poem sets us (readers) up to look for subsequent stories of how this program plays out with the descendants of Ham, Shem, and Japheth.

The Table of Nations is a form of symbolic ethno geography. The Table identifies groups of people by their ancestors and character…

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]]> 0 9e9d24d29c91e9a227896dd2cde507ef John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81582/#acomment-81604 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:25:05 -0400 Very important practices

In reply to - Brandon Dillard posted an update

This lesson goes in depth with outlining, marking and charting our Bibles.

These are highly useful skills when trying to focus and learn about specific things we find while […]

]]> 750b5316ec878b83591baf676b0f726d John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81591/#acomment-81603 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:24:00 -0400 Without faith, many things in Christianity will be doubted in

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Foundations of Faith

Chapter-4

Faith is the key to pleasing God. The bible tells us that without faith, it

is impossible to please him. When we have faith towards God, we are simply […]

]]> 4abecc22d2ad619493d852fbd46a7ec2 John posted an update: Course: Noah to Abraham Session 24: Reflecting on the […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81602/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:20:59 -0400 Course: Noah to Abraham

Session 24: Reflecting on the Sin of Ham

Throughout the story, people from the “wrong” family repeatedly act with faithfulness to Yahweh. The Bible problematizes an either-or approach to understanding who is the seed of the woman or the seed of the snake.

Notice the contrast between three or four and thousands.…

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]]> 0 d7bcfde8a405b36fa4c3811842aa797c John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81586/#acomment-81601 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:23:57 -0400 And not knowing the truth, we will not be able to follow him.

In reply to - Olivia Rose posted an update

The Bible teaches that God wants His people to have knowledge, not ignorance. Many problems happen because people do not understand what God says. When we study Scripture, we learn […]

]]> 76bf61f5746824caa1a0959259117d55 John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81591/#acomment-81600 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:22:51 -0400 I agree with you, without faith, we will doubt everything about Christianity

In reply to - Aaron House posted an update

Foundations of Faith

Chapter-4

Faith is the key to pleasing God. The bible tells us that without faith, it

is impossible to please him. When we have faith towards God, we are simply […]

]]> fec07912af10ca45592e3510c7f1b1ce John posted an update: Course: Noah to AbrahamSession 23: God’s Covenant With […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81599/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:20:54 -0400 Course: Noah to Abraham

Session 23: God’s Covenant With Noah

Genesis 1-11 functions as an introduction to the Hebrew Bible. The pattern of events after the flood anticipates the future macro themes of the entire Hebrew Bible.

In a way, all biblical characters participate in the folly and rebellion of Adam and Havah because they are all ‘adam…

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]]> 0 49c35471b8724e7b1a31bdb580f72f2b John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81593/#acomment-81598 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:11:22 -0400 But many are ignorant

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The ministry of the Holy Spirit-Chapter-2

it is just amazing to realize the emblems that represent the Holy Spirit

as this chapter talks about. The believer has such a tremendous power […]

]]> 674ee158ee949e0544bfda743138ec3a John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81594/#acomment-81597 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:09:52 -0400 Interesting!

In reply to - Doug Klipp posted an update I found this chapter very interesting in all the ways you can study the Bible. It is great that there’s more than one way, but you can either do it vertically or higher horizontally, […] ]]> ac426bb13daf442547946210d81b6b7b John posted an update: Session 22: Noah's Ark and the Flood DebateIn light of […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81596/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:06:16 -0400 Session 22: Noah’s Ark and the Flood Debate

In light of the biblical authors’ ancient cosmology, the depiction of the flood is neither global nor local. It is cosmic, or, more specifically, the flood is a cosmic collapse, a de-creation narrative.

The author’s purpose is to depict a cosmic catastrophe. Do the biblical authors ever use cosmic…

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]]> 0 d19f2f837038f84bbc55723a0a09d5cb John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81533/#acomment-81559 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:20:20 -0400 WOW! One book!

In reply to - Youvenson posted an update The books of 1 and 2 Kings. Although they’re two separate books in our Bibles, they were originally written as one book, telling a unified story that continues on from the book of […] ]]> b53c581a5d205bd33ca8bcec74dfb9db John posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81534/#acomment-81558 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:19:36 -0400 Thanks for sharing!

In reply to - James posted an update Man exists in two worlds: The natural world and the spiritual world. The natural world is that which can be seen, felt, touched, heard, or tasted. It is tangible and visible. The […] ]]> 420f978b1ff7459b5639bc5b793c3ebd John posted an update: Course: Noah to Abraham Session 21: Reflecting on God’s […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/81557/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:12:09 -0400 Course: Noah to Abraham

Session 21: Reflecting on God’s Covenant

What I learned in this session: The biblical authors often tackle profound puzzles by placing two seemingly opposing perspectives side-by-side in the text, forcing us to wrestle with how both are working together to show us a fuller picture of what is true.

The bright,…

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