Three ways to study the Bible

This video gives you an overview of three ways to study the Bible: devotionally, as an overview, and using commentaries for study. In addition to briefly discussing the value of each of these methods, the video introduces websites that will help you in each area. On our class YouTube channel (http://www.youtube/livelifebythebook) are additional videos that […]

Lesson on the "Great Apostasy" history of and response to the Mormon claim that all other churches are corrupt

Lesson from Life Life by the Book Class 1-29-2012 Though we’ve done some preliminary teaching about the Mormon church, with the new year we are starting the series, What is the Mormon Church……really? There is a tremendous amount of media about the church, most of it incomplete and misleading. Our goal is to present, in […]

A gentle, yet wise and challenging response to the idea that everyone gets to heaven

We are told and often falsely believe that it isn’t kind or loving to think that God will send some people to hell. In the brief video below Rick McKinley, lead pastor of Imago Dei Community in Portland, Oregon, offers a biblical perspective on the flaws of universalism. Universalism from :redux on Vimeo. “The disciples […]

Introduction to the Prophets, more than foretelling the future, telling us how to live

In our introduction to the Prophets, we learned that though we often think about them as primarily telling us about the future, that is not their primary message. Though fulfilled prophecy confirmed their divine inspiration and origin, it makes up a small percentage of their message. Their primary message to their audience and to us […]

What about disputed passages in the Bible, such as the ending of Mark 16?

To help answer the question about disputed passages this video will show you how to evaluate Biblical manuscripts, how they are dated and what that means to us. This video shows you actual manuscripts and you’ll see it really isn’t difficult or mysterious to date them. You’ll also see the three key manuscripts that are […]