[Audio clip: view full post to listen] by Alan Bandy In the earliest period after the apostles, most of the discussions on the end-times focused on the nature of the future Kingdom of Christ when he comes to inaugurate 1,000 years of ruling with the resurrected saints on Earth based on Rev. 20:1-6. The belief

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My daughter, Alexandra (age 10), had to write an editorial for a school assignment. I thought that what she wrote was worth sharing. While I am proud of my daughter for her critical thinking skills, I thought she raised a great point. Scary Is Gone by Alexandra Bandy People like to advertise movies, but have

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I think that I am still processing from my recent trip to the Peruvian Amazon. The Bryan Baptist Association has adopted the Iquito people who live along the Chambira river, which is a tributary of the Amazon. I took a group of OBU students as part of a GO Trip specifically to build relationships and

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About ten years ago I adopted Acts 20:24 as my life motto. Paul, in his farewell message to the Ephesian elders, remarks:  “However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me– the task of testifying to the gospel

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Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles that traces the origin, collection, transmission and translation of the Bible. Each representative article examines one of the four questions pertaining to the inspiration, canonization, textual transmission and translation of the Bible. The issue of translation of the Bible stems as a natural corollary

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by Alan S. Bandy, Ph.D. Editor’s Note This is the introduction to a series of articles that will trace the origin, collection, transmission and translation of the Bible. Each respective article will examine one of the four questions pertaining to the inspiration, canonization, textual transmission and translation of the Bible. The Bible is like no

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