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First Draft of Ezekiel study completed
Ezekiel provides a ‘meta’ narrative of the Jews and their leadership from their beginnings, through to the Babylonian Captivity, and beyond – past the present day to their future relationship with YHVH. I love ‘meta’ narratives – the grand scheme of things, so that is one of the reasons for my love of this book. It provides a great foundation for understanding the position of Jews today as well as for understanding the advent of the Millennium age. Continue reading
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Tagged Babylonian Conquest, Christianity, Ezekiel, Jews, Old Testament, Premillennialism, Prophecy, Robert Laynton, Scripture, studies
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Ezekiel study still progressing
I am currently spending four or five hours a day almost every day on this project – hence little time left for me to post updates on blogs! The new translation from the Hebrew text is now complete except for minor reviews and the first draft of the commentary is also complete up to Ezekiel chapter 43. Continue reading
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Tagged Babylonian Conquest, Book, Christianity, Ezekiel, Jerusalem, Jews, Old Testament, Proof reading, Prophecy, Robert Laynton, studies
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‘Salted with fire’ – Why a second, revised edition?
I love words. It’s a good job – since I have written a lot of studies over the years! My love of words and reading began shortly after I became a Christian. I was blessed in being introduced to the … Continue reading
Fireside chat
I am not a teacher. I have no aspirations to be a teacher, elder, leader, deacon, Bible study ‘group leader’, or anything like that. Truth is according to Scripture principles – I am not qualified to take up any of … Continue reading
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Tagged Author motivation, Being an author, Beliefs, Christian life, Christianity, Fellowship, religion, studies, Teaching, Writing
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Why I write my Christian books
Most of the books that I have written over the last five or six years have a Christian theme and constitute my personal study, research and projects in the sense that my motivation for writing them came from questions that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christian life, Christianity, Motives for study, Questions about Christianity, Research, studies, Teaching, Theology, Writing
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The joys of proof reading
I have just finished the second proof reading my latest study – ‘When Christians Fail’ – and I am always glad to get to the end of the proof reading task. On the one hand I quite enjoy having the … Continue reading
New study for Autumn 2020
Currently working on a verse by verse commentary on the early chapters of Genesis – from ‘the beginning’ to Abraham. I am hoping to complete this study in late summer or early autumn this year (2020). I have currently reached … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam, Armageddon, Book, Christianity, Creation, Doctrine, Eve, Fall, Garden of Eden, God, News, religion, studies, Theology
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New Book now available – October 2019
When we say the ‘Lord’s Prayer’ we repeat the phrase ‘Your Kingdom come’, but what exactly is this Kingdom of God that we pray about? How does it differ from the Old Testament kingdom of Israel? Why is this Kingdom … Continue reading
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Tagged Armageddon, Book, Christianity, God, Israel, Jerusalem, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Israel, religion, studies, Theology
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Studying and writing again
I keep saying to myself that my studies are finished and that I will not write another book. So first of all I decided to make personal notes on the letters of John since I had not studied them in … Continue reading →