Common English Bible and 1 Timothy 2:11-15
The first thing I do when a new translation arrives is check many of the difficult and doctrinal passages to see how they are translated. I was going through the CEB and checking some of these controversial and difficult texts.…
Common English Bible New Testament Arrives
I am very excited to have received the new Common English Bible (CEB) New Testament in the mail today. I will read through it and make remarks as I find renderings that I like or do not like. Eventually, I…
Losing The Lord’s Day
The apostle John makes a declaration in Revelation that is easy to quickly pass over. “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day…” (Revelation 1:10 ESV). It is easy to spend time studying what John means when he speaks…
Revelation Made Clear
It is nice to get back on the Christian Monthly Standard. After some health problems, I have not been able to post with the frequency and vigor that I was doing. Currently my time has been occupied with studying the…
The Two’s – Isaiah Two
According to scholars, the Old Testament was first divided into sections sometime prior to the Babylonian captivity and was later broken into other subdivisions to support ease of reading. Centuries beyond it was then divided into chapters by a man…
You’re Invited
We know that we have friends from around the globe who visit this site from time to time, but we wanted to offer a special invitation to all our friends and readers who live a little closer to where we…
To Fulfill All Righteousness (2)
If any interested sinner should ask us how they would enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, we ought to talk to them of needing to be born again and about being both born of water and of the Spirit (John…
Obedient Servants
Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obey, you are the servants of the one you obey, whether of sin leading to death or obedience leading to righteousness? (Romans 6: 16)
Whatever it is…
Being Prepared
In Ephesians 4: 28 all forms of gain are mentioned: labor, gift or charity, and theft.
Let he that stole, steal no more. If we are a thief, a plunderer, a pirate or a pilferer we’re to stop what we…
As many as believed were immersed
When Jesus was raised from the dead, he took up what had been promised to him. Through his obedience, He became King and was given authority and dominion, that of the Kingdom of Heaven. He closed his time on earth…