But these speak evil of those things which they know not; but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.” — Jude 10   The Translation. Some translations of the text fail to stress its particles and the antithesis they express. This must be brought out. In order to do […]

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years. . .came behind him, and touched the border of his garment.  Luke 8:43, 44   For the most elegant litany of all those who lived and died by faith, one only has to read Hebrews 11. Here, the apostle gives names to the Old Testament […]

We had a sociology class when I was in college in which we spent much time belaboring the question of what is the chief characteristic (we called it mode) of the various institutions in society. Concerning marriage, for instance, what is its chief characteristic? Is it spiritual or biological or psychical or social or what? […]

We have been studying what it means to seek the kingdom as the Bible in Luke 12 explains it. In the face of such an exhortation as “seek the kingdom’’ we need not despair, for we are able to do all such things through Christ Who strengthens us. We may not be proud, however, of […]