Posted in Christ, Christianity, Devotion, Devotional, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Reformed, Theology, tagged Bible, Christ, Christianity, Devotion, Devotional, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, purity, Reformed, Theology on November 5, 2019| 13 Comments »
This is from my daily Greek exercise of sight reading some time ago, courtesy of Vincent S Artale Jr.
Our text is from the Greek translation of Matthew 5:9. Here is my translation:
“μακάριοι οἱ εἰρηνοποιοί,
Blessed are the peace makersὅτι αὐτοὶ υἱοὶ θεοῦ κληθήσονται. ”
because they will be called sons of God
Here are some observations:
Posted in Christianity, Jesus, Theology, tagged Christianity, Jesus, Theology on October 27, 2019| 12 Comments »
Note: This is a guest post since presently I am overseas. This is by Bruce. Bruce is no stranger to some of you who read this blog. His blog be found here.
John 12:27-33RSV “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify thy name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out; and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.” He said this to show by what death he was to die.”
Posted in Bible, bible difficulties, Christianity, Jesus, Theology, tagged Bible, bible difficulties, bible interpretation, Christianity, Jesus, Theology on October 25, 2019| 11 Comments »
Note: This is a guest post since presently I am overseas. This is by Daniel M. Klem. His blog be found here. This is part of a series he’s doing for his blog!
I have a short series! I am taking you through some of the sayings of Jesus that can be … confusing … difficult … misapplied … whatever!
What does this mean? I will look at passages that I have personally heard misapplied, misunderstood, or simply confusion expressed over what Jesus meant.
Now, what is our passage today?
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.”
Matthew 7:1-6, ESV
Perhaps you have heard (or even said yourself) “The Bible says don’t judge!” It is often also said with something along the lines of “Stop judging me” or them.
Obviously, if we tell someone that what they are doing is wrong or may not be good, we are judging that person and condemning them.
Posted in Book Review, Children's book, Christianity, God, Jesus, Reformed, Theology, tagged book review, Children, Children's book, God, Jesus on October 9, 2019| 12 Comments »
I haven’t done our blog’s “wee-kids Wednesdays” for a few weeks but here’s this week’s review of Children’s books.
Tim Ladwig. Stories Jesus Told: The Lost Son Comes Home. Grand Rapids, MI: Discovery House, August 7th 2019. 32 pp.
5 out of 5
Purchase: Amazon
Want a story that tells Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son to kids? This is it. This illustrated children’s book is on one of my favorite parables that Jesus taught. And now I get to share this with my children!
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Devotion, Devotional, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, purity, Reformed, Theology, tagged Bible, Christ, Christianity, Devotion, Devotional, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, purity, Reformed, Theology on October 5, 2019| 14 Comments »
This is from my daily Greek exercise of sight reading some time ago, courtesy of Vincent S Artale Jr.
Our text is from the Greek translation of Matthew 5:8. Here is my translation:
“μακάριοι οἱ καθαροὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ
Blessed are the pure in heartὅτι αὐτοὶ τὸν θεὸν ὄψονται ”
Because they will see God
Here are some observations:
Posted in Bible, Bible contradiction, bible difficulties, Christianity, Devotion, Devotional, Jesus, Jesus Christ, mercy, Reformed, Theology, tagged Bible, Christ, Christianity, Devotion, Devotional, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mercy, Reformed, Theology on September 12, 2019| 14 Comments »
This is from my daily Greek exercise of sight reading a few weeks ago, courtesy of Vincent S Artale Jr.
Our text is from the Greek translation of Matthew 5:7 Here is my translation:
“μακάριοι οἱ ἐλεήμονες,
Blessed are the mercifulὅτι αὐτοὶ ἐλεηθήσονται. ”
because they will receive mercy
Here are some observations:
Posted in Bible, Christ, Christianity, Devotion, Devotional, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Reformed, Theology, tagged Bible, Christ, Christianity, Devotion, Devotional, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Reformed, Theology on August 31, 2019| 13 Comments »
This is from my daily Greek exercise of sight reading a few weeks ago, courtesy of Vincent S Artale Jr.
Our text is from the Greek translation of Matthew 5:6 Here is my translation:
“μακάριοι οἱ πεινῶντες καὶ διψῶντες τὴν δικαιοσύνην
Blessed are those who are hungry and those who are thirsty for righteousnessὅτι αὐτοὶ χορτασθήσονται ”
Because they shall be satisfied
Here are some observations:
