By Mark Mayberry Introduction The New Testament contains a family of Greek words that communicate the concept of hypocrisy. The Greek verb hupokrinomai, which originally meant “to answer” and later “to play a part on the stage,” occurs once in Scripture, where it means “to pretend, make believe, or dissemble.” The noun hupokrisis, occurring 6 […]
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Known & Unknown
By Mark Mayberry Introduction [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don’t know. The above statement was made […]
May 21, 2011 – End of World Prophecy
By Mike Willis Harold Egbert Camping (1921- ) is a Christian radio broadcaster, president of Family Radio, a California-based religious broadcasting network that has more than 150 outlets in the United States. His familyradio.com web site says, “Judgment Day, May 21, 2011. The Bible Guarantees it!” A billboard on I-465 in Indianapolis. I have no […]
Picking A Fight
By Mike Willis Samson is an intriguing Old Testament character. He is mentioned in the honor roll of faith in Hebrews 11:32, in spite of some very serious character flaws. Interestingly, he never led an army of Israel to a major victory over any Israelite foe. All of his conflicts were personal in nature and […]