Blog Posts

  • Present your bodies – (plural) – a… (one) living sacrifice

    The Bible Project has been doing a great job of showing us how to read the Hebrew Scriptures by exposing the methods and means of their style and composition. The Original Testament often sets up a conflict in the story that it answers later. This is how Romans 12 is to some extent. We can…

  • Within Son… That is Reality

    Within Son… That is Reality

    In the past, at many times and in various ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, and made the universe through him. Hebrews 1:1-2 The quote is an amalgamation of many popular translations.…

  • Greater Love is Jesus being the Grain of Wheat

    In John 15:12-13, Jesus defined greater love this way: This is my end goal for you: that you all love one another according to the pattern I love you all and have loved you all. No one has greater love than this: that the one would lay down his life for his friend. In Philippians…

  • …LORD God walking in the garden in the ? cool ? of the day…

    …LORD God walking in the garden in the ? cool ? of the day…

    It is translations like this that cause me worry. They are missed opportunities for expressing the power and awesomeness of the LORD God. Let me suggest an alternate translation and explanation for Genesis 3:8 that is more literal, straight forward, and explains how Jesus sanctifies us. My primary target is this word, “cool.” You are…

  • First and Second

    Bible patterns, like First and Second, exist in the Scriptures to show us Jesus. They are important on two levels. First, they actually show our intellect that there is a grand design to the Scriptures, specifically the TaNaK / Old Testament (OT), that leads to Jesus. Second, they are for learning how Jesus leads a…