Recent content by Deacon

Three daughters, all grown with kids of their own now. Three Father / daughter dances at the local public school. I think the event was for third grade girls. I never crossed my mind that it was a purity event. There are so many opportunities for Mom's to do things with their sons and...

These two attitudes—radical skepticism and absolute certainty—must be avoided when we examine the New Testament text. We do not have now—in our critical Greek texts or any translations—exactly what the authors of the New Testament wrote. Even if we did, we would not know it. There are many, many...

As much as the colorized versions try to support and distinguish the Trinity by using the title "Father" as a translation of "the LORD" in the OT, this practice fails to recognize that the Son and the Spirit had their identity in YHWH. Although... Jeremiah 3:19 (ESV) “ ‘I said, How I would set...

"silent" is the right word there. II חרשׁ: qal: impf. יֶחֱרַשׁ, תֶּחֱרַשְׁנָה: be deaf Mi 7:16; Ps 35:22; w. min to Ps 28:1. hif.: pf. הֶחֱרִ(י)שׁ, הֶחֱרַשְׁתִּי; impf. יַחֲרִישׁ, אַחֲרִישׁ, יַחֲרִישׁוּ, תַּחֲרִישׁוּן; impv. הַחֲרֵשׁ; pt. מַחֲרִישׁ, מַחֲרִישִׁים:—1. keep still, be silent Gn...

Yuck! It's just plain awful!

The link doesn't work As an amateur photographer I find that taking a photo through a window is problematic.

Genesis 1:30 (ESV 2025) And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath [nefesh] of life, [ḥayah] I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. In Genesis 2:7, God breathed into man's nostrils...

Synonymous parallelism is the term used describing how in Hebrew poetry, the second line restates the first line using different words. When translating a passage, recognizing the practice helps us to define a word. In Jeremiah 14:19 we find Jeremiah speaking to the LORD; Hast thou utterly...

There's four other me's in the U.S. I'm curious to find out how many "love relationships" I've had. lol Rob

“...with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” (Matt 22:37–40) “…with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” (Mark 12:30) “…with all you heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind…”...

The problem here is that the word, "soul" has not been defined. Please pardon my devotional thoughts as I work them out here. Other passages that speak of God's nefesh: Isaiah 1:14 — God says that his nefesh hates Israel's appointed festivals. Jeremiah 6:8 — God warns that his nefesh may...

Some time in the past there were two church members that were caught having an affair by one of the spouses. The couple was confronted by the church leadership and refused to end the liaison. The whole church body was notified about the situation. The couple was dismissed from church membership...

You only used NT sources. I've been slowly making my way through the book of Jeremiah. Plenty of passages about false prophets in the OT. The Old Testament defines what a false prophet is and sets a standard. Deuteronomy 18:20–22 -- Prophets who speak unauthorized words in God’s name or whose...

Leighton Flowers, rang a bell but I had to look him up! Of course - The Potter's Promise! Mac's arguments tend towards antiquated obsolescence in the area of creation. Grudem... he has become more dogmatic (Reformed) in his opinions over time too. I passed most of my home library on to my new...

The Heart Taken Up: 90 Days with the Puritans [link] by Stephen Yuille Reformation Heritage Books, Grand Rapids, MI. 2025. 276 pp. I've got a confession to make, I'm not a consistent devotional reader. I might read for a week, sometimes a bit more, but eventually my mind moves on to other...