Why the name?
We are told that the Word of God is TRUTH (John 17:17)
Jesus openly declared that He is the WAY and the TRUTH (John 14:6)
Jesus taught that the WAY is NARROW (Matthew 7:14)
Therefore, we must recognize that the TRUTH of God is NARROW,
And so: the NARROW TRUTH.
Welcome to a site that has been created to share my investigation of the truths of the Bible, and to bring glory to God. In this day when truth is being sacrificed for convenience, it is necessary for us to exercise our responsibility to study the Word of God, and to order our lives according to God's unchanging truths.
We are told that the Word of God is TRUTH (John 17:17)
Jesus openly declared that He is the WAY and the TRUTH (John 14:6)
Jesus taught that the WAY is NARROW (Matthew 7:14)
Therefore, we must recognize that the TRUTH of God is NARROW,
And so: the NARROW TRUTH.
Welcome to a site that has been created to share my investigation of the truths of the Bible, and to bring glory to God. In this day when truth is being sacrificed for convenience, it is necessary for us to exercise our responsibility to study the Word of God, and to order our lives according to God's unchanging truths.
HOUSEKEEPING MATTERS:
1. Free PDF downloads of everything on this website are available by selecting the categories along the top of this page (the exception is my study on Stephen Covey - it was too complex to load it in PDF format), and then look for the PDF link. Avail yourself of these for more careful study; let me know if you have questions or comments. Please feel free to use the Contact page.
2. If you find something that isn't working properly (see the Contact page).
3. As time permits, I am working at revising and updating posted material; when I do, I will indicate that in the main menus.
God bless you with an insatiable thirst for His Word!
Our Latest Study:
In January of 2013, we began a study of Revelation in our home services. This is not a task that I undertook without much trepidation, not because I don't believe that the Book should be studied, but because my only basis of understanding was what I had absorbed from my Evangelical learning. If nothing else, I have come to doubt the value of the teaching that I have received over the years, and so I began the study cautiously. I am not in a rush to finish the study, and am endeavoring to learn what is here for us today; as I've told our class, there's no point learning "about" what is coming unless we are also learning how to be prepared for it. I have begun posting the study as it comes through our editing routine (see Book Studies - Revelation above). Your comments are welcome.
BACKGROUND and PURPOSE
This website was established in early 2012, and I am grateful to the Lord for this opportunity to share with you what He has been trying to work into our lives. It was never my expectation to build a website that would become hugely popular; however, there are so many out there that present poorly researched material, and it is my desire to accurately present the Word of God without denominational or theological bias. I am often asked what materials I use to do my studies, and I explain that my primary tools are the Bible and software aids that help me find and link the Scriptures together and provide insights into the original Greek and Hebrew. I will consult some select commentaries when I'm stumped, but, as you will notice from my materials, that is generally something I try to keep to a minimum.
We are all on a journey, and, if we are blessed, there will be occasions along the pathway of life when we can look back and see God's hand guiding us carefully along the Way. On other occasions, we shake our heads, being totally mystified as to how we came to be where we are. Either way, we can know that the Lord has been directing our paths, if it is our desire to walk according to the leading of His Spirit. Jesus so carefully defined the way to life: "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me" (John 14:6). From this we learn that there is a very carefully defined Way to God; we are also told that many will not find this Way because it is narrow (Matthew 7:14). We must be students of the Scriptures so that we can come to truly know the Way (the Lord Jesus Christ) more fully.
Having left the Evangelical community behind in 2002, I have discovered the need to rework many of the things that I had been taught in Bible School and Seminary. My goal, from the beginning, has been to use Scripture to explain Scripture, and to weigh all that comes across my pathway in the light of the Scriptures (1 John 4:1). This should be standard practice for everyone who professes to be a Christian; with the profusion of philosophies that circulate today, it is essential that we exercise great spiritual discernment all of the time. As I teach, there have been many times that I remind my hearers to take what I say back to the Scriptures - if I am wrong, tell me; however, if I have expounded the Scriptures correctly, then do what they say! Jesus said, "If ye love me, keep my commandments" (John 14:15); how can we do that except by understanding what He has said to us in His Word? It is God's desire that we "come unto the knowledge of the truth" (1 Timothy 2:4b); that word knowledge means a precise and correct knowledge of His truth. Therein is the purpose for my studies: it is my prayer that you, the reader, will grow in that thorough knowledge that God desires for you and me. God bless you with understanding and a deep love for His truth!
We are all on a journey, and, if we are blessed, there will be occasions along the pathway of life when we can look back and see God's hand guiding us carefully along the Way. On other occasions, we shake our heads, being totally mystified as to how we came to be where we are. Either way, we can know that the Lord has been directing our paths, if it is our desire to walk according to the leading of His Spirit. Jesus so carefully defined the way to life: "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me" (John 14:6). From this we learn that there is a very carefully defined Way to God; we are also told that many will not find this Way because it is narrow (Matthew 7:14). We must be students of the Scriptures so that we can come to truly know the Way (the Lord Jesus Christ) more fully.
Having left the Evangelical community behind in 2002, I have discovered the need to rework many of the things that I had been taught in Bible School and Seminary. My goal, from the beginning, has been to use Scripture to explain Scripture, and to weigh all that comes across my pathway in the light of the Scriptures (1 John 4:1). This should be standard practice for everyone who professes to be a Christian; with the profusion of philosophies that circulate today, it is essential that we exercise great spiritual discernment all of the time. As I teach, there have been many times that I remind my hearers to take what I say back to the Scriptures - if I am wrong, tell me; however, if I have expounded the Scriptures correctly, then do what they say! Jesus said, "If ye love me, keep my commandments" (John 14:15); how can we do that except by understanding what He has said to us in His Word? It is God's desire that we "come unto the knowledge of the truth" (1 Timothy 2:4b); that word knowledge means a precise and correct knowledge of His truth. Therein is the purpose for my studies: it is my prayer that you, the reader, will grow in that thorough knowledge that God desires for you and me. God bless you with understanding and a deep love for His truth!
