The Deity of Jesus Christ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 NASB The Deity of Jesus Christ – Of course, this little phrase is not in the verse. That doesn’t prevent most Christian translators from adding it, just to make sure the reader understands what…
But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, Romans 11:13 NASB Apostle of Gentiles – What does Alexander the Great have to do with Paul the apostle? Most people probably couldn’t answer this question, or, if they could, they would suggest that…
“Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things;” Deuteronomy 28:47 NASB Glad heart – “The first and most common cause of suffering is sadness. Nothing invokes such severe judgments as one’s complaints and dissatisfaction with one’s lot in life. The Torah emphatically cites sadness…
Hum, I wonder which boat I should take?
Paul, called as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, 1 Corinthians 1:1-2a NASB To the church – Let’s make some corrections to the way that we read the letters of Paul. Let’s start by removing the anachronistic verbiage and its accompanying theological implication. Mark Nanos offers three…
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 2 Corinthians 5:10 NASB According to what he has done – I guess Paul was mistaken. He doesn’t sound very much like…
Now the man called his wife’s name [h]Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. Genesis 3:20 NASB Eve – If you’ve read Guardian Angel, you know that Adam did not call his wife Eve. The name he used was Havvah, and it does not mean “mother of all living.” According to the research, this name…
