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1st John Bible Nerd-Study - Week 36

Week 36 —1st John Bible Nerd-Study

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Week 36 - normal + paraphrase 4:1-6 + FF Bruce! 

Let's paraphrase this small interesting section (4:1-6) this time, and it actually goes well with the beginning intro notes from FF Bruce's book on John's Epistles. FF Bruce is possibly my favorite nerd-study teacher when it gets to the nerdiest of things. With his brethren background and ultimate scholarship he ties in belief and revelation in the Scriptures along with the study of those details of background, language, archeology, etc. that most associate with spiritual death. This man handled the most difficult aspects of study and became the teacher of modern times to all of the other teachers. Every book I've caught of his has been great. Some of them, like his books on the Dead Sea Scrolls, are great if you need something to put you to sleep at night 🙂 But others, like his book on difficult questions, are ones you don't want to stop reading. For more on him go to this kind of official site: https://www.ffbruce.com. If you can't tell, I normally like to read older books and rarely find the great things of God in current books. I appreciate current books and the help they are to the church. But most of them aren't offering something that you haven't gained from a better older book. I like to go to the books that the book writers went to in order to get helped basically. But FF Bruce is different. He is modern but he added a lot to the church's library of treasures. 

He passed away in 1990 so his writings should still be in copyright. The link here goes to the eBook which is well done. That same publisher (the one from the main FFBruce site) just hasn't released the paperback version yet. If you need a physical book I'd recommend getting a used one since the "new" ones on Amazon are not well done and probably shouldn't be there. 

You can read part of the eBook for free if you want to check it out first. We may have a few who feel they can't afford the eBook. If that's the case, send me a message so I can get it for you. If you'll read it I'd love to buy you a copy. 

We've handled some verse by verse commentaries. With this one, at least read the background talks at the beginning. We haven't really focused on that since we've been so studying the verses. To me, he seems to be the best with background notes - he was no lazy student of the bible or its background, and he brings complex boring information into a simple logical teaching. 




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