by Doug Van Meter | 9 Aug 2015 | Hebrews
Sometimes being confronted with exhortation upon exhortation can become less than exhilarating; in fact, it can become discouraging. For example, we hear over and over the challenges to persevere in the Christian life. And so we get back into the race and we run with...
by Doug Van Meter | 18 Aug 2013 | Bible Teachings, Leviticus, Old Testament, Pentateuch
The conclusion of the book of Leviticus is apropos because, like so much of the book, it is enigmatic. Once again we find ourselves scratching our heads and wondering, what is this all about? You can be encouraged that the majority of commentators likewise confess...
by Doug Van Meter | 26 Nov 2006 | Bible Teachings, Genesis, Old Testament, Pentateuch
In our previous study of Genesis 22 we observed several aspects of Abraham’s response to God’s command to offer up Isaac as a burnt offering upon Mount Moriah. First, we consider his response to this commandments as a father (22:1-2). We sought to empathise with him...
by Doug Van Meter | 27 Aug 2006 | Bible Teachings, Genesis, Old Testament, Pentateuch
I love the saying, “He who laughs last, laughs loudest.” If there was ever a most appropriate use of this phrase, events recorded in Genesis 17-18 “fit the bill.” In Genesis 17, El-Shaddai tells Abraham that he and Sarah will father a son. Abraham did what most...
by Doug Van Meter | 28 May 2006 | Bible Teachings, Genesis, Old Testament, Pentateuch
In June of 1982 I stood in the parking lot of the First Baptist Church of Milford, Ohio in the United States and asked a very serious question to a young lady with whom I was madly in love—and had been for some time. We had dated on and off for about a year, and at...
by Doug Van Meter | 29 Jan 2006 | Bible Teachings, Genesis, Old Testament, Pentateuch
We have spent a considerable amount of time studying what the Scriptures reveal with regard to the worldwide flood: the story of Noah and God’s ark, as well as God’s revelation to Noah after the flood had subsided. We have concluded, from the Scriptural evidence, that...
