Dr. Tony Evans is the founder and senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, founder and president of The Urban Alternative, chaplain of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, and author of over 100 books, booklets & Bible studies. His radio broadcast, The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, can be heard on more than 1,300 US outlets daily and in more than 130 countries.
God has 85 names in the Old Testament
each name is designed to describe a
different element of who God is or what
God does in the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth
that’s the name Elohim the strong one
the Creator God when God wanted to
relate to his creation he gave a new
name that is the name Yahweh which we
call Jehovah so when you read your Bible
and you see the name God you have to
look at the spelling to know which
Hebrew word is talking about if you see
g.od that’s generally Elohim the Creator
God in the beginning Elohim created the
heavens in the earth if when you read
your Bible you see capital L small old
small or small D that is generally and
o9 boss manager supervisor the one who’s
in charge when you read your Bible and
you read the letter capital L capital o
capital R capital D that is generally
Yahweh the covenant-keeping relateable
God so we should not be surprised that
Jesus took God’s relational name to
explain who he was to people since he
left heaven to relate to mankind
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