Invite. Invitation is usually thought of as a kind gesture. It is an allowance to participate in something. We often invite others to participate in recreational events, ceremonial occasions and yes, the Christian is quite familiar with inviting to church. But we live in a day where it often seems hopeless. For someone to come …
Galatians 1:1-12 1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) Every commentary ever written, in one form or another, addresses the immovable, unchanging Truth of Scripture in the writer’s cultural context. The point of exegesis is to minimize this …
Wrestling. An ancient art and an even more ancient sport. I mean this, quite literally. There are paintings dated over 15,000 years ago that are plastered on caves from ancient France. Furthermore, ancient Babylon and Egypt (both Biblical locations mind you) detail wrestling methods that are still adhered to, to this day. Jacob, son of …
Tin. Not ten, as in the number, but tin, the metal. Metals. Nearly 75% of the Periodic Table is made of metal. 118 elements and 75% of them are metals. Saying this, most of the elements, the things that compose Earth, mentioned in their purest forms in the Bible are- Metals. Tin has special mentions …
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet” ~ Aristotle I love this quote because it is permeated with deep, experienced wisdom. Unfortunately, it was spoken by the same guy that wrote: “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” It is easy to entertain …
Constantinople. It is now known as Istanbul, Turkey, but in its ancient days, it held a lot of political weight in the known world. The city acted as a form of continental gateway as it sat as the geographical crux of Europe and Asia. Its fall was to the infamous Ottoman Empire, but make no …