Author Archives: George and Benita Wicks
Quick Update
Today, I updated my teaching page on the Babel dispersion. If you get a chance take a look. The link is below. http://thefaithfulfamily.com/bible-lessons/test-page/lesson-7-babel-dispersion/ Happy New Year!!! George
Youth Groups – A Biblical Pattern?
Below is a portion of an email I sent to my friend Scott Brown who is a pastor from NC and also the leader of the National Center for Family Integrated Churches, www.ncfic.org. The issue that I wrote about was … Continue reading
Lively Stones
We are painting our front hall and walls next to our stairway a color called Oyster Bay. We saw this color at the house of a pastor friend of mine in NC. This is a neat color and I sent a message … Continue reading
Calvary
The name “Calvary” is found one time in the Bible in Luke 23:33 if you have a KJV or NKJV. It is not found in any of the new versions of the English bible. Here is a sample so you … Continue reading
The Gospel in Two Names
Here is a short post today about two names in the Bible that are almost always overlooked. The two names are Theophilus and Barabbas. Theophilus was the man to whom Luke wrote his Gospel account and also the book of … Continue reading
Matthew 25 Unpacked – Part 3
The last section of Matthew 25 is verses 31 – 46. This passage of scripture is the judgement of the nations or the judgement of the sheep and the goats. This judgement happens after Christ has returned to earth to … Continue reading
Matthew 25 Unpacked – part 2
In this post I am going to discuss the parable of the talents, Matthew 25:14-30. In verse 14, Jesus is the man travelling into a far country. He will travel to a far country (heaven) in less than 50 days … Continue reading
Matthew 25 unpacked
One of the more difficult chapters of scripture to interpret correctly is Matthew 25. I thought I would take some time this week in 3 posts to unpack this chapter verse by verse. The first passage of scripture that I … Continue reading
The Deity of Christ Diminished
As I am finishing the week, I want to add one last post this week about English versions of the Bible. In my two previous posts this week, I showed different scripture verses in the KJV and then compared them … Continue reading
The Clearest Teaching on the Trinity Removed
The clearest verse in the Bible on the doctrine of the trinity is 1 John 5:7. Below is the verse from the KJV. 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy … Continue reading