Author: donnie

  • Jacob Called Israel

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    International Sunday school lesson 11/18/2022 Fall #3 Gen 32:22-32 (ESV) The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. 24 And Jacob was…

  • New International Commentary on the Old Testament (NICOT)

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    The most popular scholarly current commentary of the Bible. This is a very well written, but highly technical, current commentary of the Bible. The footnotes are exhaustive. The only two things that keep me give it my 100% full endorsement is the price and the overly academic diction. However, if you can make it past…

  • John Gill’s Exposition of the Bible

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    John Gill (1697 – 1771) was a Baptist scholar and a Calvinist. His commentary is his most famous work that has stood the test of time. I use John Gill’s commentary often during my teaching although I am not a Calvinist. His research is extensive and he is faithful to the biblical text.

  • Thru the Bible: Genesis through Revelation

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    As a former DJ at a Gospel radio station and radio preacher for decades, J Vernon McGee is one of my heroes in the faith. This commentary has the same tone, spirituality, and common sense in his radio program. If you want a great Bible commentary then you can get a copy on Amazon on…

  • God Chooses the Younger Twin

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    International Sunday School September 11 2022 Fall #2 Scripture Text Genesis 25:19-34 ESV  These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac,  (20)  and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.  (21)  And…

  • Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem

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    I had the opportunity to listen to Wayne Grudem’s six hour presentation on Christian Theology this week based on his exceptional systematic theology text which I read in seminary. I find myself agreeing with Grudem more than most theologians and appreciate the high regard he holds scripture and logic. The only things I have found…

  • Dake Annotated Reference Bible

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    Hands down, this is my favorite Bible reference. Brother Dake (1902-1987) put together the best reference for Pentecostal Evangelicals in our libraries. There are a few points that I disagree with Brother Dake but I can count them on the fingers of both hands.

  • Sunday School Text Book

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    You can find several treatments of the International Sunday School Lesson. Personally, I use the NIV® Standard Lesson Commentary® published by the David C Cooke company. I have used this text for more than five years. This gives me a good introduction to the lesson that week. However, it is ONLY an introduction to the…

  • The Call of Abram

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    International Sunday School September 4 2022 Fall #1 Lesson Scriptures Genesis 12:1-7 ESV  Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.  (2)  And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make…

  • A Welcoming Invitation

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    International Sunday School August 28 2022 Summer Quarter #13 Revelation 22:10-21 ESV  And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.  (11)  Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the…