The Evangelical Mantra

Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”  John 3:3  NASB Born again – By now most of us realize that the translation “born again” is neither proper Greek nor reasonable Hebrew.  A good English Bible will at least…

The Order of Righteousness

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.  James 3:17  NASB From above – First let’s straighten out John 3:3.  James uses the same word here (anothen) that we find in John 3:3.  But the Christian evangelical world chooses to translate anothen…

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“It is not in the heavens, to say, ‘Who shall ascend into the heavens for us, and bring it to us, and cause us to hear it, so that we do it?’”  Deuteronomy 30:12  ISR Ascend – Once upon a time we asked, “If the sacrifice for sin occurred on the heavenly altar, then what…