A Bibliography of Commonly Used Research Books with Common Coding.
Inclusion in this bibliography is for reference/resource us and does not necessarily imply that GBF agrees with everything in each resource. Updated 4/2019 [AAA] Atlas of Ancient Archaeology, Jacquetta Hawkes (ed), Barnes and Nobles: 1994. [AAF] Answering a Fundamentalist, Albert J. Nevins, M.M., Our Sunday Visitor Publishing:1990. [AB] Atlas of...
The Resurrections
A Powerpoint Presentation on the resurrections of various believer groups at various times (all called “the first resurrection” as a classification), as well as unbelievers of all ages at the Great White Throne Judgment. Eric developed this in 2003 for presentation at The Conservative Theological Society meeting, and it’s part...
Internal/External Evidence for the Darkness & Earthquake at the Resurrection
Research notes on the darkness of the Crucifixion - Eric Peterman - GBF The darkness of the final three hours of the crucifixion: 12-3pm (6th - 9th hr). Cultural presupposition bias: We have a cultural bias against a proper understanding of this darkness, our memories of the crucifixion having been...
Right Idea, Wrong Text
Right Idea, Wrong Text: My Experience and Concerns As a pastor and a Bible conference speaker I have the privilege of interacting with and learning from a substantial cross-section of sincere, humble, Bible-believing Christians. These earnest saints seek to increasingly know, obey, enjoy and glorify their Lord and savior, Jesus...
Wringing the Scrawny Neck of a Verse
Some of us make a habit of grabbing a verse, giving it a good shake, and squeezing its scrawny neck until, in desperation, it gasps out what we want it to say. It has been well said that, “A verse without a context is merely a pretext.” There is a...
Should We Call it Easter?
Earnest, God-fearing Christians rightly wish to avoid being associated with pagan religious rites. They want their worship and lives to glorify God. One of the issues that comes around yearly is the question, “What about Easter? Doesn’t the name have pagan roots, and aren’t those eggs related to some fertility...
How Long Were the Israelites in Egypt?
Just how long were the Israelites in Egypt? Was it some 400 years, or was it 430 years? Or was it a lower number, around 215 years? The challenge of harmonizing the various passages on the length of time the Israelites were in Egypt has created much heat and some light over the years,...
The Catholicity of Pre-millennialism Among the Apostolic and Sub-apostolic Churches and Fathers
You often hear that the belief in premillennialism is a recent invention and that the historic view is amillennialism or even postmillennialism. The article above shows that’s not true at all! Premillennial eschatology, that the 2nd coming of Christ is followed by 1,000 years of Christ’s glorious reign on the...