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I found the Parable of the Tares particularly encouraging [Matthew 13:24-30; 36-43]. Sadly some translations will fail to describe what to me is essential in this story. The word “tares” is loosely read “weeds” in some versions which is unfortunate … Continue reading →

In the King James we read, “How long wilt thou go [gad] about, O thou backsliding daughter? For the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, a woman shall encompass a man.” What is the new thing God’s … Continue reading →

Bishop Richard Chenevix Trench, Archbishop of Dublin, 1864-1884, wrote “Notes on The Parables of Our Lord,” a copy of which I discovered on my bookcase, and I proceeded to enjoy reading. Dr. Trench has made the task of learning our … Continue reading →

Sometimes a biblical word study can be rewarding. Consider the idea behind our word “to suppose” in Philippians 2:25 [King James Version]: Paul testified, “I supposed it necessary to send … Epaphroditus [to Philippi]….” The English definition means “to assume … Continue reading →

How Adam’s sin imputes to all men isn’t so clearly explained in Scripture. This is probably more a translation issue than some reason on God’s part not to reveal it to us. Adam’s disobedience brought death upon all but nowhere … Continue reading →

[taken from my book: Understanding God] “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,” Paul wrote to the Romans, “that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be … Continue reading →

[taken from my book: If It Be Possible] What was not possible unless Jesus drank from “the cup of suffering [The Cross]”? He appeared to negotiate with God for another way to provide salvation: “Father, if you are willing, please … Continue reading →

But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly [powerless to save] elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? … These things may be … Continue reading →

The Eden Story still contains mysteries about human nature before sin entered which church scholarship gave up trying to unwrap; so, they simply labeled Post-Eden Adam as “fallen.” On this matter I, too, have sought for explanations—my being less satisfied … Continue reading →

I have been studying the Pauline message of a salvation of faith though grace [Ephesians 2:8] which was not—because it could not be—a product of human imagination. It had to come by revelation [Galatians 1:16]. What concerned me was the … Continue reading →