Category Archives: Scholar
An Unchangeable and Silent God according to Kierkegaard
Kathy L. McFarland has just completed her study entitled “A Biblical Analysis of Søren Kierkegaard’s Later Theodicy Justification for an Unchangeable and Silent God” which can be read on on her Becker Bible Teacher Resources site.
Searchable Biblical Hebrew Database Completed!
Kathy L. McFarland announced today that the searchable Biblical Hebrew Database has been completed, and is ready for use! The database is searchable by Strong’s numbering system, Hebrew word with full markings, Transliteration, Definition, and Index. The unique characteristic of this database is that it searches for partial parts of the word or definition. It [...]
Augustine’s defense against Pelagius Charge #1
Kathy L. McFarland has just completed “Lesson 5 – Augustine’s Charge #1 Defense Against Pelagius” and placed it in the Becker Bible Teacher’s Resources, in the Bible Study entitled “Bible and Doctrinal Study on the Concept of Original Sin.”
Accounts of Charles Spurgeon’s youth
Kathy L. McFarland has placed the Spurgeon biography on her Becker Bible Teachers’ Resources site. It is entitled The Raising of Charles Spurgeon in His Early Years. The biography captures young Spurgeon as a yearning youth that wanted salvation, but had to wait upon God’s time, rather than his own. The biography also reveals the preparations that the [...]
Book Review – How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
Kathy L. McFarland has just published a book review on How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth: A Guide to Understanding the Bible by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. 1993. 265 pages, softcover.
Interesting Notes on Hermeneutics
Kathy L. McFarland just added Some Notes Concerning Hermeneutics to her Bible Teacher Resources site. Though not enough for a formal paper, the tidbits of her take concerning hermeneutics provides a contemplative place for consideration, and worthy of a good look.
Exegesis of Isaiah 6:1-13
Kathy L. McFarland has placed Isaiah 6:1-13 Exegesis online in her Becker Bible Teacher Resources site. Also, a major update to the New Testament Greek Database promises to have it 90% completed within a week. We’re excited to see the progress being made. Don’t forget to visit and check out the new writings of Kathy!
Spirit of Bearing study online today!
Kathy L. McFarland has just placed another Holy Spirit study online, entitled “Spirit of (Bearing) (Part 1) (Numbers 11:17-30).” This unnamed Spirit is first known when Moses was too weak to accomplish all that the Lord required of him. He was instructed to choose 70 elders to help him bear the job he was given [...]
Spirit of the Adoption frees even the LGBTQ Christians from the law
Kathy L. McFarland has finished Spirit of Adoption (Part 2) (Galatians 5:1-6) and placed it online for your study today. The application that she structures through her study, and the provocative discussion that follows challenges all Christians to understand the sufficiency of Christ to all sinners, not just those with cleaner sins. This tough teaching [...]
The Theological Implications of Universalism – Bell and Swedenborg Compared
Kathy L. McFarland has just placed her paper “The Theological Implications of Rob Bell’s Christian/Hopeful Universalism Compared to the Historical Theological Consequences of Swedenborg’s Traditional Universalism” online at her Becker Bible Teacher Resources website. This is the paper that was accepted for presentation to the American Academy of Religion, Theology and Religious Reflection Section, Chicago 2012 [...]