Our Trinitarian friends tell us that God is three divine persons who all share the same essence. Therefore, they say, God can speak or be described with either singular or plural pronouns. The Trinitarian's go-to example for this alleged phenomenon is Genesis 1:26-27, "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our…
Another guest post by my wife Cheyanne. As usual, she has some awesome spiritual insights about what most of us wouldn't stop to meditate about! In the process of writing what became last week’s post I got curious about how trees are transplanted and pruned. So I went to faithful Elder Google and asked him a…
This article was a guest-post written by my wife Cheyanne. She looks at the world through spiritual eyes, finding life-lessons in what most of us overlook as ordinary. This post was inspired by our marriage, when she left her home and church in Florida and moved to the Midwest to be my wife. Be sure to…
One of the most powerful verses in the whole Bible, to me at least, is Hebrews 1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. (KJV)πρὸς δὲ τὸν υἱόν Ὁ θρόνος σου ὁ θεός εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ…
Even before the crucifixion, there came a point in Jesus' ministry when the Jewish religious officials were desperate to have him out of the way. During the feast of tabernacles the chief priests and Pharisees sent the officers of the temple guard to watch Jesus, and take him into custody at the first valid opportunity.…
In Luke 24:47 the KJV says "repentance AND remission of sins," whereas most modern versions like the ESV and the NASB say "repentance FOR remission of sins." While this may seem like a small difference, it can have deep implications for how we understand Biblical doctrines of salvation. But before we can discuss the theological…
I recently finished reading Jesus' Bible: A Concise History of the Hebrew Scriptures by Christopher Dost. The book is a small one (less than 120 pages if you don't count the preface or the bibliography) but it is packed with information, especially for those of us who know more about the Greek New Testament than we…
The other day I was reading my Greek Old Testament (LXX) and I noticed an a similarity that I had never seen before. As we shall see in a moment, the way that the LXX describes the creation of the world in Genesis is strikingly similar to the way that Luke describes Jesus' ministry in…
Sometimes little words can carry big distinctions. Both words are only a few letters long, and they even share a common letter, but there is a world of difference between my wife and your wife! Confuse the two at your own risk. Little differences like this become even more important when we attempt to study God's word.…
We naturally tend to think of our life as a story; we especially do this as Christians, because the Bible tells us that Jesus is "the author of eternal salvation" (Heb5:9). When we examine our life, we can find assurance by "looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy…
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