Austin Rankin
Affliction, Culture, Featured, God, Jesus, Joy, Ministry, Theology
The Book of Revelation is often portrayed as a fearful book of the events to come in history or a magic fortune cookie that is attempted to be deciphered to figure out every detailed event at the end of time. However, this book was actually a letter written to churches …
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Austin Rankin
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The following is an exegesis paper written on James 2:14-26. Often, James and Paul are pitted against each other with their stance on “justification” in their letters. However, under careful review, these authors are not opposed to each other but rather complimentary of each other. I will place the passage …
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Austin Rankin
Featured, God, Ministry, Theology
The following is an exegesis paper written on James 2:14-26. Often, James and Paul are pitted against each other with their stance on “justification” in their letters. However, under careful review, these authors are not opposed to each other but rather complimentary of each other. I will place the passage …
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Austin Rankin
Featured, God, Jesus, Ministry, Theology
*I will repost Jeremiah 31:31-34 at the beginning of each article in this series. Don’t skip it. Chew on it and let it sink in each time. “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house …
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Austin Rankin
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*I will repost Jeremiah 31:31-34 at the beginning of each article in this series. Don’t skip it. Chew on it and let it sink in each time. “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house …
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Austin Rankin
Featured, God, Jesus, Joy, Theology
*I will repost Jeremiah 31:31-34 at the beginning of each article in this series. Don’t skip it. Chew on it and let it sink in each time. “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of …
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Austin Rankin
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When you come to read and study the Bible, how do you do it? What processes do you use to understand what is being spoken? Do you just go off of your own interpretation, based on your own cultural setting in a specific place in history? Or, when you have …
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Austin Rankin
Featured, God, Good Practice, Ministry, Theology
When you come to read and study the Bible, how do you do it? What processes do you use to understand what is being spoken? Do you just go off of your own interpretation, based on your own cultural setting in a specific place in history? Or, when you have …
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Austin Rankin
Culture, Featured, God, Good Practice, Jesus, Ministry, Theology
The following is a paper written for Belhaven University in 2023 by Austin Rankin. The topic is the Inspiration of Scripture: What guided the Bible’s composition? This is part 2 of 2: The Importance of the Doctrine of Inspiration The importance of the doctrine of the inspiration of Scripture cannot …
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Austin Rankin
Culture, Featured, God, Good Practice, Jesus, Joy, Ministry, Theology
The following is a paper written for Belhaven University in 2023 by Austin Rankin. The topic is the Inspiration of Scripture: What guided the Bible’s composition? This is part 1 of 2: R.C. Sproul stated, “The main two questions of apologetics are the existence of God and the Bible as …
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