Spreading the Word

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,  Matthew 28:19  NASB Go – I am sure you are aware that even in the Greek text, this is not a command.  There’s a footnote to this in the NASB that reads, “Or Having gone (Gr…

Engineered Accidents

So she left and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.   Ruth 2:3  NASB And she happened – Once before we examined this odd Hebrew construction, the verb qārâ + noun miqreh,…

Eschatological Evangelism

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,  Matthew 28:19 NASB Go – Mount up!  Take off!  Sail away!  Just make sure that you get the message out to everyone.  God doesn’t want anyone to be lost.  He has a wonderful plan…

Going, Going, Gone

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you;  Matthew 28:19-20a  NASB Go – Most of us know that this opening word, “Go,” is not an imperative.  It is not a…