Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. John 14:6 NASB I am – A lot has been made of the “I am” sayings in the gospels. In fact, the translation of the text has been so influenced by Trinitarian…
Here is the information for the tour of Israel with Bob and Skip in 2015. This year’s tour sold out in 24 hours. If you delay, you may not be able to go. Space is limited. This is a LAND ONLY tour. That means you are free to arrange your air fare on any carrier…
“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.” Matthew 24:36 NASB Nor the Son – This verse has always been problematic. How can Yeshua be God and not know? And if, as He says, He actually doesn’t know, then how can…
“If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.” John 20:23 NASB APOLOGY: Yesterday there was no TW posted, principally due to the fact that by the time I realized that it wasn’t going out, I was on an airplane…
Simon Peter answered, “You are the [Messiah], the Son of the living God.” Matthew 16:16 NIV The Son – Perhaps the single distinguishing doctrine of Christianity is the Trinity. No other monotheistic religion embraces this claim, i.e. that God exists as three persons in one being. In fact, until the fourth century, those who claimed…
“And you, son of man, say to your fellow citizens, ‘The righteousness of a righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble because of it in the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous man will…
we have sinned, committed iniquity, acted wickedly and rebelled, even turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances. Daniel 9:5 NASB Wickedly – “Do you think God will forgive us for the things we’ve done?” asks Denzel Washington in the movie Man on Fire. It’s a rhetorical question. Of course He won’t. Why would He? Even…
FOR EVERYONE WHO LISTENED TO the discussions recorded in Israel about the afterlife, the influence of the Cult of Souls, Dionysus worship and the development of Christian and Jewish thinking about death and the olam ha’ba, here is the last lecture covering the origins of the popular Greek belief in the eternal soul, life after death and…
He spoke and said to those who were standing before him, saying, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” Again he said to him, “See, I have taken your iniquity away from you and will clothe you with festal robes.” Zechariah 3:4 NASB Festal robes – In the ancient world of Semitic cultures, clothes were much…
Now these are the ones who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still restricted because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men who helped him in war. 1 Chronicles 12:1 NASB Restricted – A great rabbi once said, “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling…
