Category Archives: Revealed Truth

Mars Curiosity: The Martians are coming — well, not quite

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Barry Applewhite

Several news outlets, including National Public Radio (NPR), are saying that the Mars Curiosity vehicle being monitored by NASA on the Martian surface has made a big discovery in its analysis of Martian soil, but scientists are cautiously waiting for … Continue reading →

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Exposition of Romans 4:18–19 Faith accepts reality but trusts God

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Barry Applewhite

Abraham’s faith was based on a very simple idea: God will do as he has said even if I cannot understand how. This explains, for example, how we may believe in heaven with full assurance even though we have never … Continue reading →

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Exposition of Romans 4:9–10 Study carefully to get it right!

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Barry Applewhite

One of the big questions philosophers juggle is “what are the sources of that which we know?” Knowledge comes from a number of sources, but for a Christian, the revelation recorded in the Bible has primacy over all other written … Continue reading →

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Exposition of Romans: 1:24–25 — Deal with God, not the lie!

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Barry Applewhite

Because the created order pours out evidence of God’s divinity and power, a choice to suppress that truth has grave consequences. First, thinking becomes distorted (1:21), and then lust drives those affected toward physical actions that deepen the problem (1:24). … Continue reading →

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Exposition of Romans 1:21–23 — Why exchange God for a scarecrow?

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Barry Applewhite

Pragmatism is very attractive to many Americans because they have had lessons in the hard school of experience. Pragmatism keys on what works, and in a society like ours that usually amounts to self-interest. If some activity returns sufficient personal … Continue reading →

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Midrash in Matthew’s Gospel

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Barry Applewhite

Midrash is not a term familiar to most Christians, though Jewish people who have trusted in Jesus as their Messiah might recognize the term. My latest book, The Path to the Cross, uses midrash to explain Matthew 1–2. The purpose … Continue reading →

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Books: The Bible Made Impossible by Christian Smith

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Barry Applewhite

Roger E. Olson, a church historian and theologian at Baylor University, is conducting an illuminating dialogue on his blog concerning the book The Bible Made Impossible by Christian Smith. Smith is Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, and he … Continue reading →

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