Study Guide for GENESIS: Genesis 1:1

GENESIS: Chapter 1:1-2, copyright 2019 by JWA (Open this link in a new tab or window, then return here to read while listening: https://www.thefinalwordradio.com/genesis-11-2/ ) “The Hebrew verb bara (created) can mean one of two things. The usual sense of the verb,...

Study Guide for GENESIS: Introduction, Part 2

(Open this link in a new tab or window, then return here to read while listening: https://www.thefinalwordradio.com/genesis-introduction-part-2/ ) “In Genesis 1-11, some things in these chapters are paradigmatic (meaning the content serves us as timeless models or...

Study Guide for GENESIS Introduction, Part 1

GENESIS: INTRODUCTION, PART 1 This is the first Study Guide (SG) in Genesis, copyright 2019 by JWA. Not every program will have an accompanying SG, but only those that contain information that is unfamiliar to the majority of our TFW radio audience. Pastor Jim usually...

Same Sex Marriage: A Pastoral Statement

Recently two media people called me and invited my comments on so-called ‘same sex’ marriages. It seemed appropriate for me to state for the record our position on this socially critical moral issue. First of all, let me talk about tolerance. Tolerance is accepting...

Parable of the bucket

Once upon a time there was an oasis in a certain desert. Water there was ample to appease the thirst of the parched travelers who stopped by. The well was deep, the water cool and shimmering with pristine purity. The drawers were always standing by to fill the buckets...