Lesson 5: Revelation and Inspiration (Romans 1, Revelation 1, 1 John 1, Numbers 12)

Think about when you were growing up. Your family had a general view of what was right and what was wrong. Your parents usually acted in accord with this general view. At the same time, your parents gave you specific advice and instruction on how to deal with different situations. Contemplating this gives us an idea of how God reveals His will to us. We have a general revelation of God by looking at the world around us. But God does not leave things so general, He spoke through prophets to give us advice on specific situations. Let’s dive into the Bible and learn more about general and special revelation!

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The Current Quarter’s Bible Studies on Gift of Prophecy.

Lesson 4
New Testament Prophets
(Deuteronomy 18, Acts 21, 1 Corinthians 14)
When you think about Old Testament prophets you may hear in your mind, “Thus says the Lord.” The belief is that these prophets uniquely spoke for God. If not, Deuteronomy 18:20-22 says that the fa...
Lesson 3
Old Testament Prophets
(James 5, 1 Kings 22, 2 Kings 22, Jeremiah 14)
Are Old Testament prophets different from New Testament prophets, or different than prophets who lived after the Bible was completed? Common sense suggests that they are different. When the only sourc...
Lesson 2
The Call of a Prophet
(Genesis 12, 1 Kings 18, Isaiah 6, Daniel 2, Mark
If I asked you to give the names of some important prophets, who would you remember? Daniel would be first to come to mind for me. Who else? Do you remember anyone from the New Testament? This week we...
Lesson 1
The Creator Speaks
(Genesis 3-4, Hebrews 1, Joel 2)
When COVID forced me to teach my law classes by video conferencing, I lost part of my connection to my students. Seeing their heads in boxes on a screen was much less informative than seeing their ent...

Emotional Intelligence

Can the Bible help you get promoted at work? Can the Bible increase your pay? Can the Bible help you keep your job? Improve your marriage? The answer is “Yes!” The Bible teaches principles of “emotional intelligence” that can actually help you to be smarter and get along better. Bruce Cameron, the writer of these Bible studies and a law professor, has published a paper written for lawyers which presents 17 Bible-based rules of emotional intelligence which God gave us to improve our lives. Best of all, Professor Cameron’s paper is free and you do not have to be a lawyer to understand it. To get your free copy, first click on this link. Second, when you see the title of the paper (EI, EI, Oh What an Employee), click on the “One-Click Download” and the paper will download to your computer as a PDF. If you have friends who want to read the paper, have them go to the website and download it as well.