Paul’s Shema (2) Rewind

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. Romans 10:17 NASB Christ – Is it the Son’s words or the Father’s words? If you look at this verse in the King James Version, it reads, “by the word of God.” That’s because the KJV is based on the Greek Textus Receptus,…

Something Missing

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.  1 Corinthians 15:22  NASB In – We’ve looked at the difference between reading this preposition (en) as the material cause or the efficient cause.  I know, it’s complicated.  Maybe you had to read it a few times to see the…

Tractate Sanhedrin

For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.  Romans 5:19  NIV The one man – Paul was a rabbinic scholar.  Each time we read his letters, we must keep this in mind.  If…

Paul’s Shema (2)

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.  Romans 10:17  NASB Christ – Is it the Son’s words or the Father’s words?  If you look at this verse in the King James Version, it reads, “by the word of God.”  That’s because the KJV is based on the Greek Textus Receptus,…

The .44 Magnum Bible

For me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Philippians 1:21 To live – Sometimes the whole thing is just too much to capture in comfortable words. That’s when you need to shout it out! You need a spiritual explosion; a mood-altering impact word that grabs the emotion, not just the idea. But…