Book Review-Man, Myth, Messiah

MAN MYTH MESSIAH (Rice Broocks)

Answering history's greatest question, DID JESUS REALLY EXIST? Is there real historical evidence that demonstrates that He lived and actually said and did the things the Gospels record? Is there any validity to the speculative claims that the Jesus story was a myth, borrowed from a variety of pagan cultures in the ancient world? In his follow-up to the bestselling God's Not Dead-inspiration for the movie of the same name-Rice Broocks now looks at the evidence for the historical Jesus and exposes the notions of skeptics that Jesus was a contrived figure of ancient mythology. Man, Myth, Messiah also establishes the reliability of the Gospels as evidence for the resurrection, validating Jesus identity as the promised Messiah.

I gave this book a rating of * * * * *

Bible Study - Nature Walk

Text: Psalms 104:24
- Have you ever been on a nature walk?
- Here are a few things we might find along the trail that we can learn from.

BROWN  LEAF:
When you pick up a brown leaf, it usually just crunches and falls apart if you handle it too much. Why? because it is dead, there is no life in it. As Christians, we were all dead in sin before we met Christ. By accepting him, we have that color and life added to us. It's not just a temporal life, but eternal. And you hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins. (Eph 2:1) quickened; made alive; revived; reinvigorated.

RED LEAF:
Those red leaves in the fall are so pretty. The red letter edition of the KJV has words Jesus spoke while on earth. Christ said some wonderful things for us to think on. The parables and his teachings are full of rick lessons? Luke 8-The parables of the sower Luke 16, the rich man and the beggar, Mark 11 the lesson of the FIG TREE. (Luke 21:33 (words), Luke 21:34 (hearts, unawares))

YELLOW LEAF:
I love all those yellow and golden leaves, none of those leaves start out with these pretty fall colors. They start out green. Getting to the red, orange, yellow, and gold colors is a process. Getting to that gold in us is a process too. Sometimes the Lord has to bring us through some trying things in our lives to get us there. We have health issues, family issues, job issues, life issues, etc. (Job 23:10, way, take, gold)

FEATHER:
Psalms 91:4 shield, bucker
Buckler-noun a kind of shield or piece of defensive armor, anciently used in war. It was composed of wood, or wickers are woven together, covered with skin or leather, fortified with plates of brass or other metal, and worn on the left arm. On the middle was an umbo, boss or prominence very useful in causing stone and darts to glance off. The buckler often was four feet long and covered the whole body.

• Rock: 2 Sam 22:2, Luk 6:48 rock (How is your foundation?)
• Pinecone: Have you ever just grabbed and picked up a pinecone? is pickers (Eph 4:31-32 forgiving, God, Forgiven), Eph 4:29 (Edifying, hearers), Eph 4:30
• Twig: This reminds me of what CHRIST said in John 15, "I am the vine." we are an extension of him. We each veer off into all different directions and have different tasks, but we are part of Christ and depend on him (John 15:5 nothing)
• Acorn: Look at what grows because of an acorn. The mighty oak tree. We think of those as one of the bigger and stronger trees. They are so rutted to the grown. (Col 2:7 rooted, established)

CONCLUSION: we forget to just look out at the countryside and see all the beauty that God created. Sometimes we forget to reflect on those daily blessings as well, like remembering how dead we were in sins and how Christ gave us new life. We forget to reflect on how the Lord brings us through those trials to bring out the gold. How about you, today will you stop & reflect on all that God has created around you?.... the earth is full of thy riches. (Psalms 104:24)

GB

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