If I were ever asked to summarize the message of the Bible in one sentence, I would point to Romans 3:23-24: 23 for all have sinned,…
Theology
Heiser’s Introduction to the Unseen Realm
I decided to re-read Michael Heiser’s principal work: The Unseen Realm: Recovering the supernatural worldview of the Bible (2015). This book had been in print for a…
Favorite “Dogma” Quotes
This is just a compilation of some of my favorite quotes from “Dogma”. While this is not the most appropriate movie, it’s script has interesting…
Substitution of God (θεος) with Lord (κυριος) in 1 Peter 1:25
While working on a bible study on Isaiah 40:8, I noticed that in the New Testament, when Peter quotes this text (1 Peter 1:25), there…
Finding a Daily Devotional Program
As I begin my journey into achieving new goals, one of them is to separate some time during the day for devotional. I would normally listen to an audio devotional on my way to work, to save time, however, I want to commit to actually spending time studying the Scriptures, without any distractions. Normally, what would happen was that as I listened to the audio devotional I would also think about the work I had to do for that day, and on some occasions, the audio devotional would just turn into background noise for me. Therefore, today I will start separating some time for my devotional, hopefully devoid of any other distractions. Read more
Translation of John 1:1
These are my study notes on John 1:1, which are part of an independent translation project I carried out in order to practice my Greek….
3 John translation project (2): Comparing Source Texts
In my previous post, I gave a brief overview of the Greek texts I am using for my translation of the Third Epistle of John…
3 John translation project (1): Selecting Source Material
As part of my New Testament translation project, I am also looking into the translation of the 3rd Epistle of John. This blog series will…
μὴ μεριμνᾶτε τῇ ψυχῇ ὑμῶν
καλὸς ὁ βίος· ἡ ἡσυχία θησαυρός Life is good, and leisure is a treasure. Well, my translation is probably off, but that’s about as good…