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Youvenson posted an update: The opening section begins with the tribes of Israel […]

Tue, 26 May 2026 13:21:40 -0400

The opening section begins with the tribes of Israel in their territories in the promised land. And while Joshua defeated some key Canaanite towns, there was still a lot of land to be taken and lots of Canaanites living in those areas. The chapters 3-16, this whole section is designed to show just how bad things have gotten. You can’t even…

Youvenson posted an update: Deuteronomy is a series of speeches from Moses where he’s […]

Tue, 26 May 2026 13:02:06 -0400

Deuteronomy is a series of speeches from Moses where he’s calling the next
generation of Israel to be faithful to the covenant with their God. At the center of
the book is a collection of laws, which are the terms of the covenant between God
and Israel. Some of the laws are new, but many are repeated from the laws given earlier at Mount… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: The first part opens with a census where the people […]

Tue, 26 May 2026 12:45:09 -0400

The first part opens with a census where the people are numbered, that’s where the book gets its name. And then there are laws about how the tribes of Israel were to be arranged in their camp. So the tabernacle was to be at the center, and then around that, the priests and the Levites, and then around them, the 12 tribes neatly arranged with… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: The word “holy” means simply to be set apart or unique. […]

Tue, 26 May 2026 11:06:06 -0400

The word “holy” means simply to
be set apart or unique. And in the Bible, God is set apart from all other things
because of his unique role as the creator of all, as the author of life itself. And so if
God is holy, then the space around God is also holy. It’s full of his goodness and his life, and purity and justice. So if Israel, who is… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: The second half of the book of Exodus opens as Moses […]

Mon, 11 May 2026 03:33:44 -0400

The second half of the book of Exodus opens as Moses leads Israel to the foot of Mount Sinai, where God invites the nation of Israel to enter into a covenant relationship.
The sacred tent called the tabernacle. There’s the outer courtyard with an altar, and then, in the center, there’s a tent that has an outer room and then an inner room. And… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: The New Testament indicates, Jesus inaugurated the […]

Sun, 10 May 2026 21:22:50 -0400

The New Testament indicates, Jesus inaugurated the new covenant in his first coming, he continues to reveal the new covenant through the worldwide church today, and the full judgments and blessings of the new covenant age will come when Christ returns in glory as king over all. New Testament books came from the hands of the foundational…

Youvenson posted an update: The Old Testament reports many theological changes that […]

Sun, 10 May 2026 20:27:18 -0400

The Old Testament reports many theological changes that took place throughout history. Theological changes occurred every time God altered his expectations regarding the concepts, behaviors and emotions of his people. And when the changes were significant enough, they became the basis for identifying epochal divisions. The growth of…

Youvenson posted an update: The Scriptures are clear that there is only one God to […]

Sun, 10 May 2026 20:13:50 -0400

The Scriptures are clear that there is only one God to whom all audiences of Scripture owe their loyalty and obedience. And as traditional Christian theology teaches, God is immutable, meaning that he doesn’t change. Since God is immutable, and since loyalty and obedience to him are universal obligations, there are strong connections between… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: The Holy Spirit also crafted each book as an […]

Thu, 07 May 2026 23:12:05 -0400

The Holy Spirit also crafted each book as an integrated whole, providing enough written content for each passage to be understood within its own grammatical and literary context. So, the document itself can guide our interpretation since it contains the literary context in which all its passages should be interpreted. And the Spirit made… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: In this lesson, the meaningful things to me is the […]

Thu, 07 May 2026 22:02:19 -0400

In this lesson, the meaningful things to me is the term “literal sense,” it sometimes called by the Latin expression sensus literalis, is often confused in our day with the term “literal interpretation.” Literal interpretation refers to wooden or mechanical approaches to understanding the Bible. But historically, the term “literal sense”… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: It’s easy to see that human understanding of every sort […]

Thu, 07 May 2026 20:04:46 -0400

It’s easy to see that human understanding of every sort involves both objects and subjects of knowledge. There are three major approaches toward the objects and subjects of human knowledge. First, some people tend toward an approach we call objectivism. Objectivists believe that under the right circumstances, it’s possible to arrive at… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: About 400 years pass, and the story of the exodus […]

Thu, 07 May 2026 19:42:47 -0400

About 400 years pass, and the story of the exodus begins. Now, that name refers to the event that takes place in the first half of the bo —Israel’s exodus from Egypt. But the book has a second half that takes place at the foot of Mount Sinai.
The book of Exodus is the second book of the Bible, and it picks up the storyline from the previous… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: The doctrine of organic inspiration teaches that the […]

Tue, 05 May 2026 21:53:55 -0400

The doctrine of organic inspiration teaches that the Holy Spirit inspired human .authors to write Scripture. But it does not say that every copy made of that document will be perfect, or that every translation made from that document will be perfect. In fact, in places like Jeremiah 8:8, Scripture itself says that copies of biblical documents…

Youvenson posted a new activity comment

Tue, 05 May 2026 20:11:34 -0400

Amen, every believer should experienced the power of the Gospel. Great post!

In reply to - Aaron House posted an update

Power Principles

Chapter-7

When a person comes to Christ, they have experienced the power of the Gospel.

The word of God (aka The Bible). We as believers possess a gold mine. The […]

Youvenson posted an update: Conscious dependence on the Holy Spirit in interpretation […]

Tue, 05 May 2026 20:09:16 -0400

Conscious dependence on the Holy Spirit in interpretation is crucial for at least two reasons. First, the Spirit was the source of the inspiration of Scripture. And second, the Holy Spirit grants illumination to human interpreters. Let’s turn first to the matter of inspiration. Preparation for interpreting the Bible requires us both to depend…

Youvenson posted an update: What was the meaningful to me in this lesson is the […]

Tue, 05 May 2026 17:57:40 -0400

What was the meaningful to me in this lesson is the three main hermeneutical processes which are preparation, investigation and application.
1- Preparation: The hermeneutical process of preparation takes place before we begin to interpret a portion of Scripture. This means that we prepare repeatedly because we read and study the Bible over… Read more

Youvenson posted a new activity comment

Sun, 03 May 2026 02:48:33 -0400

Amen, God is all for us.

In reply to - Misael Elias Vargas Bocaney posted an update Explores the methods God uses to communicate. It highlights the Bible as the primary standard, along with prayer and circumstances. God also speaks through the […]

Youvenson posted an update: God calls Abraham to leave his home and go to the land […]

Sun, 03 May 2026 02:47:12 -0400

God calls Abraham to leave his home and go to the land of Canaan, God promises to make Abraham into a great nation, to make his name great, and to bless him, God’s blessing of Abraham echoes all the way back to that original blessing God gave humanity in the beginning. It is suprised to know that each generation of Abraham’s family is marked… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: This passage tells the story of God and the whole world. […]

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:20:38 -0400

This passage tells the story of God and the whole world. So the book begins with God taking the disorder and the darkness.
The human were made to reflect God’s image. But instead of trusting God, the humans seize autonomy. They take the knowledge of good and evil for themselves, and, in an instant, the whole story spirals out of control. The… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: Symbolic language, is a difficult area but the […]

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:15:00 -0400

Symbolic language, is a difficult area but the simple definition doesn’t seem to be too difficult. It means: “Making a literal fact or truth more graphic or visual.” I don’t know how you were raised; some of us are raised without being exposed to this kind of conversation.

Here are the symbolic language:

Simile – a comparison using “like” or…

Youvenson posted an update: Some people think culrure is sophistication, but culture […]

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:59:47 -0400

Some people think culrure is sophistication, but culture is critical to the interpretation of the Bible. The author illustrates this, he have spent maybe ten to twelve hours this week alone on culture, to help him in teaching where he is in the book of Exodus. It took him a little longer because he is not familiar with a lot of things that… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: In terpretarion of the Bible. There are two kinds of […]

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:47:51 -0400

In terpretarion of the Bible. There are two kinds of words that determine context: one, adverb and two, conjunction. The author suggested that always begin, like when you make your notes and you are scratching notes out, always put the conjunctions and adverbs, one of the first things you do is put them out in the left-hand margin. Just put… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: The author says that here are two ways that we […]

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:43:06 -0400

The author says that here are two ways that we discuss inerrancy. One is canonicity which we’ve already talked about. Canonicity is the rule or standard by which something is measured. Determining how many books belong in the Bible is a big, heavy issue. But the second issue is far more important, believe it or not, and that’s manuscript… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: To be a part of the canon, the books needed to […]

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:04:39 -0400

To be a part of the canon, the books needed to be circulated, read, and accepted without reservation as being divinely inspired. That’s the other interesting thing. They didn’t take any doubtful books, none of them. They took only that which was unanimously accepted by the churches. This is three major periods of history in which these issues… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: The author talks about five problems which are […]

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:01:54 -0400

The author talks about five problems which are difficulties in Transmission of the Text
1. Inexact Quotations: inspiration requires that the truth is told accurately, not that the quote be quoted verbatim. When we say “inspiration,” we’re dealing with how accurate and reliable is the word, present some other gospel besides preaching the Word of… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: The devil’s coming out with some heavy guns lately. We […]

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:19:09 -0400

The devil’s coming out with some heavy guns lately. We better know what we believe about the Bible. The real issue is going to be the Bible. It has started already several years ago with multiple translations and people’s confidence in the Bible is getting worse with every passing day. If you can get rid of the authority of the Bible, you can… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: In the Bible there are two kinds of prophecy. There […]

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:16:02 -0400

In the Bible there are two kinds of prophecy. There is fulfilled prophecy and of course, unfulfilled prophecy. In terms of fulfillment, certainly inspiration guarantees the accuracy. Inspiration guarantees the accuracy. If there ever was anything that was not fulfilled, the Bible is not truthful then. Matthew 24:35 quotes that “Heaven and earth… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: Inspiration is the act of God, It is not an act of man, […]

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:41:56 -0400

Inspiration is the act of God, It is not an act of man, it is an act of God by which His revelation is communicated, in written form, to the very creatures from whom He wanted a response. In addition to the fact that the Bible in its written form is inspired of God, breathed out by God, we also realize that the Holy Spirit of God was…

Youvenson posted an update: The Apocrypha, it was not a part of the Bible of Jesus […]

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:32:33 -0400

The Apocrypha, it was not a part of the Bible of Jesus or the early church. Never once is the Apocrypha so recognized. It is possible that the apocryphal book is quoting a well known fact among Jews. First of all, the Apocrypha didn’t come up with Enoch being the seventh from Adam, but the Bible does, and there is no quotation from the Apocrypha…

Youvenson posted a new activity comment

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:30:22 -0400

I am happy that.

In reply to - Steve posted an update

Over the next few days, we will be making a slight change to the site so that when you log in, you will start on the student dashboard page. This will give you quick access to the […]

Youvenson posted an update: The Apocrypha has many, many things that imply a […]

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:23:58 -0400

The Apocrypha has many, many things that imply a salvation by works. So, you see all of a sudden it becomes contradictory to the majority of what we have in the Bible. And the Christians were divided over this, even among Roman Catholics, was because it was not found in any of the Hebrew translations.
Also the Roman Catholic Church believes… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: Out of 5,500 Greek manuscripts on the New Testament, […]

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:34:16 -0400

Out of 5,500 Greek manuscripts on the New Testament, only two hundred of them are complete New Testaments. Another fifty contain all but the gospels.
Manuscript evidence in Latin now numbers around 10,000. And the total number of manuscripts of the New Testament reaches about 20,000. The books Apocrypha were not treated as Holy… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: I am so glad to know that the most important manuscripts […]

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:51:14 -0400

I am so glad to know that the most important manuscripts in some sense are those which were found on papyrus. Very similar to the word paper, the word paper comes from it. But papyrus is reeds, like bamboo shoots that grow along the Nile River. They make parchment paper out of them. So, most of papyri comes from when it’s found by archaeologists… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: There is early evidence of Greek translations of […]

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:55:42 -0400

There is early evidence of Greek translations of the Pentateuch (that’s the first five books of the Bible) that are more literal in their translation of the Hebrew, unlike the Septuagint. Today’s Greek Old Testaments date, the ones we have copies of, from the fourth century A.D.
So, everything that we believe about Jesus Christ is in this… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: We need the Lord and His word and we don’t need anything […]

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:42:19 -0400

We need the Lord and His word and we don’t need anything else to be effective for the Lord. And may God drill that into our heart so that we never forget it. No matter where we go or what place of service we have, we will never forget that all we need is the Word of God.
There are some wonderful promises in God’s Word. Even in John 15:3, Jesus… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: The Bible teaches that God speaks to us through His […]

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:03:04 -0400

The Bible teaches that God speaks to us through His Son, Jesus Christ. We just saw that in Hebrews 1:2. So God the Father has been revealed in His Son Jesus Christ. In John 1:18 it says, “No man has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him,” or put Him on display. So the essential… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: I see one of the purposes of God is not only that we […]

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:45:17 -0400

I see one of the purposes of God is not only that we will believe in Him, but we will really know that He is God. When God does a miracle, we know it. It proves that He is God. But when God does one, everybody knows it and the Lord intends that His miracles, His supernatural acts, will point to who He is. So if a person is not believing there is… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: The author said that the Bible calls it a sword. That’s […]

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:07:56 -0400

The author said that the Bible calls it a sword. That’s the most powerful book in all the world, right there—the Bible. If all we have is the New Testament, we don’t have the Bible. We have only the New Testament. There are sixty-six books, thirty-nine in the Old Testament and twenty-seven in the New Testament in the Protestant Bible.… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: In this lesson Dr. David talks about five objectives of […]

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:46:10 -0400

In this lesson Dr. David talks about five objectives of the course, where I am going to see these:
1- Learn facts about the existence of the Bible
and the accuracy of the Bible
2- Explain the problem of manuscript evidence
and the reliability of the recorded word
3- Build confidence in the inspiration and
authority of the Bible
4-… Read more

Youvenson posted a new activity comment

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:52:21 -0400

Great post brother Don. We thanks God because He gives us the Holy Spirit.

In reply to - Don posted an update

Session 12 Reflection: Final Thoughts on the Course In this final session, the course’s exhaustive study of pneumatology was admirably distilled. Dr. Muddamalle’s sustaining metaphor of […]

Youvenson posted an update: The most meaningful thing to me in this lesson is that […]

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:51:02 -0400

The most meaningful thing to me in this lesson is that the Lord doesn’t just want to speak into their perplexity. He doesn’t want to just restore a comfort zone. He wants to use whatever they’re wrestling with to get them moving on down that path of discipleship. It is just like He wants to use the issues of life to get us on the path of… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: The author said that the first issue is "A Proper […]

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:32:29 -0400

The author said that the first issue is “A Proper Personal Walk.” A proper personal walk is really a primary issue if we want to be used of the Lord in any counseling situation, used of God to counsel God’s way. We cannot walk any way we want to, any way the flesh would or the natural mind, then all of a sudden remember, that’s right.… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: We are not to teach strange doctrines, other […]

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:08:16 -0400

We are not to teach strange doctrines, other doctrines, things foreign to the Word of God. We are to stay away from them, not integrate them, but expose and avoid them. We are not to pay attention to myths or get all excited about invented theories and imagined systems. It causes disputes. Or it could be translated, speculation. There are so… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: The author says that there are many in the church […]

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 02:22:50 -0400

The author says that there are many in the church world today in America that are very religious, but they’ve been forsaking God. And we’re not just talking about the so-called apostate churches or liberal denominations. We are talking even about those who still cherish some of the truth of the Lord. We think about evangelical churches who no… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: The fear of death is the ultimate fear of man, though […]

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 01:36:16 -0400

The fear of death is the ultimate fear of man, though he tries to avoid it and not talk about it. Or if he talks about it, come up with deceitful philosophies that make it the greatest adventure in life. We get some weird philosopher that’s facing death, and this is the most exciting adventure of my life.” It very well may be in the most… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: Our battle in spiritual warfare is against the devil and […]

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 01:35:33 -0400

Our battle in spiritual warfare is against the devil and his demonic forces of wickedness. Our battle is not essentially, basically against flesh and blood. We do not wrestle against flesh and blood; that is essentially, basically, fundamentally. But when we sense a struggle with people, here’s the reality of what’s behind it. It is the enemy… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: The author said that, one of the reasons too […]

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:01:02 -0400

The author said that, one of the reasons too many Christians’ lives are not changing is their minds aren’t being renewed. They’re still thinking the same ways they always did. They’ve been forgiven in Christ and have a new life, but they’re still operating with that same old way of thinking. So their lives never change really.
We are to be… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: Believers in Jesus Christ are not who they were before […]

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:44:54 -0400

Believers in Jesus Christ are not who they were before they came to Jesus Christ. They may struggle with some of the same matters, but they are not the same person and that is a vast difference. We are not even who we were, maybe in carnal days before a deep commitment to Christ took hold of our lives. Our identity in Christ is not a… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: There’s the law of the Spirit, this principle of the […]

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 11:57:01 -0400

There’s the law of the Spirit, this principle of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, the righteous requirement of the law is not being fulfilled in that struggling brother. But those who will not walk according to the flesh, not walk by human resource, not walk by best striving self-effort, but by dependence on the Spirit, the righteous… Read more

Youvenson posted an update: The new creature in Christ still has to deal with the […]

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 04:07:30 -0400

The new creature in Christ still has to deal with the flesh that remains. The cross is for the old man. The walk in the Spirit is for the flesh. Sin dwells in our flesh. Right in our body is the tendency to sin! This is including the physical brain with all these sinful proclivities and weaknesses and inclinations and understandings to pull… Read more