According to Ray Summers in his book Essentials of New Testament Greek (p. 103), English translators have a robust challenge trying to adequately covert the Greek language’s perfect tense. The English language does not have a tense of “completed action”; the Greek language…
Jude’s beautiful threefold description of his readers is “those who are called, sanctified by God the Father and preserved in Christ Jesus” (v. 1). This is the blessed state and glorious standing of all the participants in the common…
Jude’s beautiful threefold description of his readers is “those who are called, sanctified by God the Father and preserved in Christ Jesus” (v. 1). This is the blessed state and glorious standing of all the participants in the common…
Jude’s beautiful threefold description of his readers is “those who are called, sanctified by God the Father and preserved in Christ Jesus” (v. 1). This is the blessed state and glorious standing of all the participants in the common salvation found in Christ….
Because of the 19th century B. C. patriarch Judah ben-Jacob and the 2nd century B. C. patriot Judas Maccabeus, the name “Jude” (or “Judah”—Hebrew spelling; “Judas”—Greek spelling) was a popular one among Jewish parents. Even Joseph and Mary had a son with that…
The greatest message the human ear can hear and the human tongue can tell is the gospel of Jesus Christ. Eve heard a hint of it as she was being rebuked and punished for her sin in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:15). …
A visitor came to America and spent over a month traveling from sea to shining sea. He visited the Grand Canyon, the Statue of Liberty, the Golden Gate Bridge, Mount Rushmore, and many other breathtaking sights. He saw vast prairies, towering mountains, massive forests,…
The words “sum” and “some” are homophones (i.e. words that sound the same but do not have the same spelling or definition). “Sum” is a noun used in mathematics to mean the answer to an addition problem. “Some” is an adjective used to describe…
See if you can tell any difference in meaning between the first and second sentences in each of the following pairs: We are now going to get pizza for supper. vs. We are not going to get pizza for supper. You are now…
In his riveting book Muscle and Shovel, Michael Shank describes his months-long search for the Sinners Prayer in the Bible. After asking many religious leaders for the Scripture reference, he (correctly) concludes at last that it is not in the God’s Word….
