The Air We Breathe

All Scripture is inspired by God   2 Timothy 3:16 Inspired – Shakespeare’s Hamlet is inspired.  So are Mozart’s concertos and Beethoven’s symphonies.  The Taj Mahal is inspired architecture.  Is that what we mean when we say that Scripture is inspired?  Do we really mean that it is exceptional, uplifting, energizing and invigorating?  Is Scripture inspired…

God’s School

“All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness”  2 Timothy 3:16 God’s School Training – The root behind this word is paideuo, a word that means “instruction and spiritual education of a child”.  Of course, since we are all God’s children, the word applies to…

Why We Read The Words

“All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness” 2 Timothy 3:16 Why We Read The Words Profitable – What is the purpose of exercise?  Why do you go through the endurance of running, the pain of weight lifting or the disciple of working out?  It’s…

God Breathed Language

“All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness” 2 Timothy 3:16 God Breathed Language Inspired – Our translation “inspired” comes from the Latin Bible, not the Greek New Testament.  In the Greek New Testament, the word is theopneustos, literally “God breathed”.  What does that mean? …