- Introduction
- Denominations
- The Bible’s Bookends
- That they may all be one
- The Bible is the Inerrant Word of God
- The Logos and the rhema
- It is written
- Who are the saints and apostles?
- Jesus’ teachings do not need modernising
- Genesis
- Science supports biblical creation
- What is evolution?
- Natural selection
- Do mutations add new genetic information?
- Where did DNA come from?
- How did life begin?
- Evolution is an old time religion
- We are wonderfully made
- The search for the Missing Link
- What about Neanderthals?
- The human race is one race
- No need to compromise
- Is science really the source of all knowledge?
- The evidence points to design and a Designer
- The good creation
- The First and Last Adam
- Did God really use suffering and death to create?
- Did Adam and Eve know what they were doing?
- The Tree of Life
- God is Love
- Disobedience damages our relationship with God
- After the Garden
- Genesis is history not allegory
- The Flood
- Floods of evidence
- Geological models
- Fossils
- Problems with data collection
- Bonebeds and polystrate fossils
- The age of the universe
- Galileo challenged the scientific community of his day
- The Big Bang
- The RATE Project
- Field relationships determine rock ages
- We see the world with a trained eye
- The heavens declare God’s handiwork
- Jesus the Jewish Messiah: Saviour of the World
- Tough love is no longer necessary
- What about natural disasters?
- The Day of Judgment will Come
- He has the whole world in His hands
- I tell you the truth
- A New Covenant
- God’s mercy extends to all people
- Love one another
- Beware of wolves in sheep’s clothing
- Why so much suffering?
- The final episode in God’s plan for His family
- God’s standards are not the world’s standards
- Is civilisation a thin veneer?
- Sin will destroy us
- A temple for the Lord
- Jesus revealed God’s eternal plan
- Sin brings suffering, pain and death
- Repent and turn to God
- Jesus was particularly critical of hypocrites
- Dealing with the results of sin
- Christianity is a religion based on forgiveness
- Jesus also came to destroy the works of the devil
- The intermediate state
- The Revelation
- Signs of the Times
- An angel gave John the Revelation
- The Second Coming
- The Great Tribulation
- What is the Rapture?
- Three views of the Rapture
- Pre-tribulation Rapture
- Mid-tribulation Rapture
- Post-tribulation Rapture
- How do the two testaments relate?
- Dispensationalism
- When was Revelation written?
- The Millennium
- The Throne of David and the sacrifices
- Many areas of agreement
- A personal perspective
- John’s vision concerning the history of the world
- Idealism
- Preterism
- Historicism
- Daniel’s 70 weeks
- Have the Jews been written out of the end times story?
- What about the Rapture?
- Anyone with ears to hear should listen
- Why would God allow a Great Tribulation?
- Twenty-One Terrible Judgments
- Timeless imagery or historical chronology?
- The first resurrection and the Millennium
- What is the second death?
- Sheol, Hades, Gehenna and Hell
- The rich man and Lazarus
- What is the outer darkness?
- Purification, annihilation or eternal torment
- The Biblical view of immortal souls
- The Old Testament
- The New Testament
- The Lake of Fire
- The Justice of God
- Does ignorance of God’s law excuse us?
- God gave us stewardship over His creation
- What purpose does punishment serve?
- Punishment can be exclusion, exile and expulsion
- Restorative and retributive justice
- The apostles are silent
- The Judgment Seat of Christ
- Spirit and Soul
- Spirit in the Old Testament
- Significant OT verses concerning the spirit
- Soul in the Old Testament
- Significant OT verses concerning the soul
- Spirit in the New Testament
- Soul in the New Testament
- In Conclusion
- God is Love, but He is also holy and just
Throughout this book all quotes are italicised, with Jesus’ words in red. I have used a variety of different translations of The Bible. The computer program e-Sword has been a wonderful resource and I tend to use numerous translations, often also looking at the Hebrew or Greek to try to determine just what the Lord is saying. I suggest the reader find the verse(s) for themselves in the version of The Bible they favour if they prefer another translation to the ones I’ve used.