Online Bible Institute | Lucas | Activity https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/members/lucasjoh/activity/ Activity feed for Lucas. Wed, 13 May 2026 19:35:02 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 66d3305c7bd6d38ce9655dc6a94a5878 Lucas posted an update: Lucas JohnsonIntroduction to the Hebrew BibleSession 10: […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/68398/ Wed, 08 Oct 2025 01:25:13 -0400 Lucas Johnson

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible

Session 10: The Origin of the Bible from a Historical Perspective

This session was more of a historically framed presentation of the origins of scripture. Starting as an oral tradition, which is presented as being far more reliable than the telephone game. This is a common objection I have…

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Introduction to the Hebrew Bible

Session 9

What the Prophets Say About the Bible’s Origin

In this session, Dr. Mackie does a great job of explaining the development of the Torah. He…

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Intro to the Hebrew Bible
The Origin of the Hebrew Bible
What the Torah Says About the Bible’s Origins

I have come to realize that I had never really given any thoughts to the process of authorship (human) in scripture. I was fairly surprised that the first mention of writing scripture down isn’t until the 67th Chapter of the… Read more

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Intro to the Hebrew Bible

The Origin of the Hebrew Bible

An Important Premise: The Inspiration of Scripture

This class made me reflect on my view of scripture as it is designed to do. I, along with Dr. Mackie, had unintentionally been brought up to feel scripture was handed down from heaven on a plate, or dictated directly to man. I…

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]]> 2 8536267e80bd9a26449f0fee89c90aed Lucas posted an update: Session 6Intro to the Hebrew BibleThe Shape of the […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/57327/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:17:44 -0400 Session 6

Intro to the Hebrew Bible

The Shape of the Hebrew Bible

The Prophet to Come Psalms 1 & 2

Psalm 1 is a beautiful section of scripture to use at funerals of faithful followers of Christ. We are to read the texts.

These are the only 2 Psalms that don’t have headings. Begins with “blessed” and ends with “blessed”. This is a welcome to the…

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]]> 1 cb9f1f63ff7d4e51384adf6f98cbb9c0 Lucas posted an update: Session 5Intro to the Hebrew BibleThe Shape of the […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/57280/ Mon, 07 Apr 2025 21:42:19 -0400 Session 5

Intro to the Hebrew Bible

The Shape of the Hebrew Bible

The Prophet to Come

The focus on the prophet like Moses, not being Joshua, but someone who was to come, struck me as very profound. I have never analyzed the closing comments of the Torah before. Dr. Mackie’s teaching on the Torah has been very inspiring. I feel that the exercise…

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]]> 3 9e9f721eb858b8713281bd18d8d76ab7 Lucas posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/47885/#acomment-49304 Sat, 07 Dec 2024 21:39:30 -0500 We do try to domesticate God, and “church-up” the way we read the Bible together. God put His truth out for us and we often sugar coat it to make it more polite.

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THEOLOGY OF WORLD MISSIONS

The God of the Old Testament is a Missionary God (Part 2)

From this lesson, we find out that the book of Psalms is one of the greatest missionary books […]

]]> ce22256cfffc78dc46f03b5656923e52 Lucas posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/47995/#acomment-49303 Sat, 07 Dec 2024 21:37:53 -0500 Amen. May God lead workers to reach them all.

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Theology of World Missions – Lesson 5

Asian Missions

Professor Doug Birdsall first discusses the work of the Church in Asia. He then talks about 3 aspects of missions […]

]]> c3854789aea09e00af70a4a23f2d3372 Lucas posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/48008/#acomment-49302 Sat, 07 Dec 2024 21:37:08 -0500 It looks like you got some great take aways from the class.

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Theology of World Missions – Lesson 6

Partnership in Missions

Doug Birdsall continues by describing how to establish cross-cultural partnerships. Some of the most […]

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Session 5
The Prophet to Come: The Seams of the Torah and the Prophets.
Lucas Johnson

I am taken by the parallel between Moses and Elijah. I had never given serious thought to the similarities between the two. To consider that both encounters with God occurred in a cave on Mount Horeb further shows… Read more

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Seams Between Texts in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Session 4

The Dead Sea Scrolls help to show how well the scriptures have been translated and preserved. I feel like the monastic community responsible for the scrolls was a powerful tool that God continues to use. The technology of scroll-making preserved is significant…

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]]> 1 0d0555e9b483c956c476d156190f32a9 Lucas posted an update: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible:Session 3: The […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/35008/ Mon, 19 Feb 2024 23:44:16 -0500 Introduction to the Hebrew Bible:

Session 3: The Ancient Shape of Scriptures

     I enjoy the compare and contrast of the TaNaK and the Old Testament I grew up with. It intrigues me that most of us have always inaccurately viewed the order as being chronological. I find it strange that the Jewish categorization of the Prophets and Wisdom…

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]]> 3 f76b62868cff08baa832c10e6a69b9cc Lucas posted an update: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible:Session 2: How Jesus […] https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/34155/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 22:55:25 -0500 Introduction to the Hebrew Bible:

Session 2: How Jesus and the Apostles Read Their Bibles

     The second video in this course started with a very basic concept that I had never really thought about. The Bible never refers to scriptures as the Bible. The word bible does not occur in the Bible. I am sure that I knew that, but had never thought…

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]]> 2 c4cdf96d5e0193e3820ef6f6525a91fe Lucas posted a new activity comment https://onlinebibleinstitute.org/activity/p/33774/#acomment-33778 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 21:07:05 -0500 The creation account will always leave some questions for the modern reader I think.

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Heaven and Earth, Lesson 7: The Purpose of Light on Day 1

On the second day, God created light. Some people struggle with this concept because the sun was not yet created, but as […]

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Session 1:

What is the Hebrew Bible?

I have just completed my first lesson of my first course. I enjoy the format and feel that I have been given a good deal to consider. I look forward to the rest of my lessons.

     Beginning with Abraham and Sarah. I had never thought of Hagar as being a victim of Sexual…

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