Jude
This past week I took some things over to my son’s home, and when I went into the living room my 10-year old grandson was sitting on the couch. He looked up at me and said, “I’m reading the Bible.”
Continue reading →The Apocrypha – English Standard Version
This compact edition with all eighteen books that are part of the Revised Standard Version will complement most any Bible translation. The ESV Apocrypha preserves the accuracy of the RSV while updating the language to modern English usage, including a new translation of Tobit based on the longer Greek text.
Continue reading →First Fruits for Believers in Yeshua
The Feast of First Fruits as a common designation among Messianic followers of Yeshua for a day described only in Leviticus 23:10-11. Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, “When you enter the land which I am … Continue reading →
Following Yeshua
What does it really mean to be a believer, a follower of Yeshua? Most of us who claim Yeshua as our Master think we know what it is to be a believer. Here are some thoughts from my friend Tom on putting that into practice.
Continue reading →Passover for Believers in Yeshua
Passover (Pesach) is observed on the evening of 14 Aviv, the fourteenth day of the first Biblical month. For the Gregorian year 2022, Passover is on the evening of Friday, April 15. The seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Chag haMatzot) … Continue reading →
When Is Passover?
When is Passover? It doesn’t seem like a hard question to answer:
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is the LORD’S Passover.
(Leviticus 23:5 NASB)
But alas, there is not universal agreement as to what this means.
Continue reading →Interlinear Bibles
Those of us in the English speaking world read our Bibles as translated for us from the original ancient languages. Unless we are fluent in another language, English is the only real option. An Interlinear Bible can help to bridge that gap.
Continue reading →A Brief Look at the New American Bible
Although I have had copies of the New American Bible (NAB) for many years, I only used them to occasionally look up passages when researching alternate ways they were translated. For passages in the Apocrypha, like the Hanukkah stories in … Continue reading →
The English Standard Version With Deuterocanonicals
The English Standard Version (ESV) has become one of the most highly regarded Bible translations for both it’s accuracy and readability. It was first published by Crossway in 2001, with subsequent updates in 2007, 2011, and 2016.
Continue reading →Ordered Prayer – Psalm 5
Back in the early days of the Jesus Movement, I remember one of the first bands I listened to was Love Song. Among those early recordings was a song from the first three verses of Psalm 5, straight out of the King James Version.
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