Today I listened to Mark Ward talk on “7 Bad Bible Translations” in Sean McDowell’s channel. I posted some thoughts on X and copied/reworded some…
Theology
Towards a theology of pets (part 1)
…the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised her, and she grew up with him and with…
C. S. Lewis on non-Christians
C. S. Lewis describes the life of a saved Christian as a “Christ-life” or “new life”. In his book Mere Christianity, he briefly touches on…
Ilaria Ramelli on Patristic support for “apokatastasis”
This is an excerpt from the first chapter of I. L. E. Ramelli’s work The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis: A Critical Assessment from the New…
González on the role of women in Early Church leadership
This is an excerpt from Justo González’s ‘The Story of Christianity vol. 1’ on the role of women in early church leadership: It is clear…
Justified by Grace (Romans 3:23-24)
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,…
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…
Translation of John 1:1
This is a study of the first verse of John, done through a translation from the Greek text into English. This verse is part of a larger translation project I am carrying out. For the Greek text, I used Nestle’s Novum Testamentum Graece. My English translation is presented in interlinear format as well as a standalone format. A Spanish translation is also included with some notes.
Notes: This study is also available in other formats (and expanded to include more verses) in my professional portfolio.