By Mike Willis The psalmist wrote, “It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law” (Psa. 119:126). The Hebrew word parar in the Hiphil means “to break, frustrate” (Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, p. 830). It is used to refer to “Making …
Yearly Archives: 2012
Voting On The Bible
By Steve Wolfgang A recent AP release reported an unusual five-year project by a committee of 14 “participating scholars” which will meet three times annually during the next five years “to examine each Gospel saying” in order to “determine exactly what Jesus said.” These men propose to settle such questions by majority vote of the committee. …
Bible Basics: The Constant Struggle
By Earl Robertson Peter wrote, “Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Pet. 3:17, 18a). These two verses stress the …
Living For Jesus
By Robert F. Hendrix A Bible class discussion was taking place and the teacher was trying very hard to put across the idea of sacrificing for the Lord in one’s life as a Christian. When attention had been duly called to the fact that the first century Christians had been tortured by being burned at the …