word of God

  • It’s Not for Everyone

    For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.  Hebrews 4:12 NIV Word of God – I’ve just read again the excellent introduction to the Hebrew Bible found as the…

  • Believing Without the Book

    The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.  Isaiah 40:8  NASB Word of our God – Yesterday we discovered the awful truth that there was no such thing as “the Bible” until the Christian Church, and particularly the Protestant Christian Church, created a sacred book.  In the first century,…

  • Bursting the Bubble

    The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.  Isaiah 40:8  NASB Word of our God – The Foreword to the New American Standard Bible (1995) reads as follows: The New American Standard Bible has been produced with the conviction that the words of Scripture as originally penned in the…

  • And God Said

    The word of the Lord which came to Hosea the son of Beeri, during the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. Hosea 1:1 NASB Word of the Lord – If I asked you, “What is God’s word?” how…

  • Inspired vs. Sacred vs. Canon

    It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, Jude 1:14 NASB Enoch – According to some theological schools of thought, Scripture is the only true basis for interpreting Scripture. In other words, if I want to…