We continue our discussion on the importance of Reading Genesis for what it is… a worldview document of the creation of the order of the world. It is curtailed to the issues on the table at the time of its writing and, thus, helps those struggling in a...
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August 19, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Uncategorized
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I knew a man who returned to Christ after decades of drugs and dealing, trafficking girls, violence, theft, and homelessness. Raised in church, he came back on fire for Jesus, witnessing openly and boldly everywhere he went. His life choices had a body count. He was diminished in...
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August 1, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses
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This lesson concludes the discussion of Lot's supposed offer of his daughters to save two male strangers. Things are not what they appear to a modern reader.
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July 21, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses
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It is common to portray Zipporah as a difficult and angry woman. I believe this is because of a rather poor understanding of the circumcision scene in Exodus 4. An equally poor translation has Zipporah disgusted with the fact that she has to step in to save Moses...
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July 8, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses
This article is for inclusion in a one month devotional for new believers called, “So You’ve Accepted Jesus.” It is almost finished. A Tip for Reading: You may want to read through at first just taking it all in, without looking everything up. Then it would be beneficial...
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July 5, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Biblical Studies, So you've Accepted Jesus
In part two of A Still Small Voice in the Cool of the Day we conclude our discussion on two often overlook storm theophanies, one in Genesis 3 and the other in 1 Kings 19. (FYI: I highly recommend the works of Gregory Beale. I studied with him...
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July 3, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Bible Backgrounds, Biblical Language Issues, Old Testament Studies
In this video, I begin a discussion about two overlooked storm theophanies in the Bible, one in Genesis 3 when God comes on in judgement against Adam and Eve, and the serpent, and the other in 1 Kings 19 when God comes to appoint Elijah as judge in...
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July 3, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Bible Backgrounds, Biblical Language Issues
Proverbs 29:18 is a two part proverb, but few quote the whole thing... thus they misunderstand it meaning completely.
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June 15, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Old Testament Studies, Politics
In this lesson we turn to a detailed analysis of how the Scriptures develop the well story in the lives of Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Ruth, and Saul. We also consider specifically how these stories inform our reading of John 4.
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June 8, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, New Testament Studies, NT's Use of the OT
There are six “Well Stories” in Scripture. These are variations on a romantic tale where the will of God is worked out through His saints. The five Well Stories in the Old Testament provide the literary background for properly reading John 4 where Jesus encounters the woman at...
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June 8, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Biblical Studies, New Testament Studies, NT's Use of the OT
God is holy in His essence as true God. When we meet Him as He intends us to do, we become holy to Him, isolated to His service. There are practical rules for belonging to the holy and when those rules are imbibed into our souls we begin...
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May 25, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Biblical Studies
Christians often misunderstand what it means to call God holy and have a narrow understanding of our own holiness. God is holy in his very essence. Holy is the most precise word used by Scripture for deity. From this core understanding three other uses of “holy” emerge. That...
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May 25, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Biblical Studies
God is holy in his essence… True Deity. His holiness is the terrifying manifestation of his divine power to create marking him as wholly other than all that He makes. In part 2, I continue discussing the meaning of calling God holy and distinguish this word from a...
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May 25, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Biblical Studies
Words and symbols connected to the idea of the holy have over 4000 verses associated with them. It behooves us then to fully understand what the holy and holiness are. This first installment of four discussions lays down the nature of what it means for God to be...
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May 25, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Biblical Studies
Matthew 18:20 is often misinterpreted to be talking about prayer… encouraging group prayer as more powerful, more special than private prayer. Matthew 18:20, however is about church discipline and how to conduct that discipline in as redemptive a way as possible. In Part Two, I zero in on...
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May 25, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Biblical Studies
In this Video I begin my discussion of Matthew 18:20 and why it is so badly misunderstood in the Church. Jesus is not talking about prayer, but about church discipline and the processes for using discipline redemptively in order to save people from themselves and others from their...
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May 25, 2024 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Biblical Studies
There is an interesting twist, if you’ll pardon the pun, in the tassel command from Numbers 15:38-41 when it is woven (sorry I just can’t stop myself) into the new context of Deuteronomy 22:9-12. Here we have a series of commands against mixtures followed by the Tassel Command....
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March 4, 2023 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Bible Backgrounds, Biblical Studies, HAGALAH, Old Testament Studies
The giving of the tassel to the Israelites in Numbers 15:38-41 is a powerful symbol of God’s love and acceptance, a divine gift to aid them in their struggles against sin, and an ever visible reminder of their privilege and responsibility as a kingdom of priests.[1] The shocking...
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March 3, 2023 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Biblical Studies, HAGALAH, Inductive Study Methods, Old Testament Studies
I’ll never forget a visit I made many years ago to a full scale temple model with my wife. The woman running the guided tour was just chuck full of… interesting tidbits… you thought I was going to write nuts didn’t you… well shame on you. Actually she...
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March 2, 2023 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Biblical Language Issues, Biblical Studies, Old Testament Studies
In our last two posts on the incident at Nain, we discussed the importance of geographical study as something deeper than map investigations, and the importance of typology for an author’s theological goals, bringing meaning to his subject by portraying it in the contours and colors of meaningful...
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July 4, 2022 Andrew Sargent
101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Bible Backgrounds, Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, HAGALAH, Inductive Study Methods, New Testament Studies, NT's Use of the OT
