Month: September 2009

  • 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…

  • Rewind

    And when he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, motioned to the people with this hand; and when there was a great hush, he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect, saying, Acts 21:40 Hebrew Dialect – The single greatest impediment to understanding the words of the New Testament authors is our…

  • Imagínate Esto

    Por tanto el hombre dejará a su padre y a su madre y se unirá a su mujer, y serán una sola carne.  Génesis 2:24 Por tanto – “Por tanto” significa que como resultado de algo explicado anteriormente, sucede lo siguiente. Por tanto, “por tanto” es una palabra muy importante. Si eso no sabremos porque…

  • From Melanie

    Maybe this email I got from Melanie captures what a lot of the community feels. Skip “Those of us who came out of the traditional Church need to hear and understand the exegetical methods and understand about interpretive problems and all things along those lines, Skip.  I have found that even after practicing a Messianic…

  • Prayer Request

    I just got this email from one of our own. Dear Skip, We just discovered that the breast cancer I had 5 years ago is now in my bones.  We are having tests today at Mayo to see if it has spread to either liver, lungs or brain.  We’re having difficulty in reading material as…

  • Principio #7

    Si haces bien, ¿no serás aceptado? Y si no haces bien, el pecado yace a la puerta y te codicia, pero tú debes dominarlo.  Génesis 4:7 A La Puerta – “El momento exacto cuando al ser humano de le es otorgado el impulso humano fue discutido por Antonius y R. Judah el Príncipe, y la…

  • Head Wounds

    But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:3 Head – Oh my, what difficulties this verse can cause! So much confusion, misapplication and down-right persecution can be traced to a…

  • A Personal Concern

    I am sending this to all readers because I want to be sure I am providing material that the entire community can use.  I’ve noticed in the last few weeks that fewer people are adding comments.  Perhaps this is my fault.  I have been writing about some pretty difficult stuff – exegetical methods of rabbis,…

  • Principio #6

    Pues en la ley de Moisés está escrito: NO PONDRAS BOZAL AL BUEY CUANDO TRILLA. ¿Acaso le preocupan a Dios los bueyes? 1 Corintios 9:9 Acaso – ¿A Dios le importan los bueyes? ¡Claro que sí! ¿Acaso no aplica aquí el principio general (recuerda el #5)? Dios ama a su creación, por lo tanto ama…

  • Picture This

    Therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Genesis 2:24 Therefore – “Therefore” means that as a result of something previously explained, the following happens. Therefore, “therefore” is a very important word. Without it we will not know why a man (iysh)…