The Bible is a long book. Because of that, I find that it can be hard to grasp its message and unity. I've started keeping an eye out for passages where people in the Old Testament quote earlier Scripture. I want to limit myself to the Old Testament for now because I feel that by understanding God's word before He sent Christ, I'll be better ( Read more... )

Christians call Jesus the Christ. What does it mean to call him "the Christ"?

The word Christ means "anointed" in Greek. The Hebrew word for "anointed" is Messiah. So when we use the words Christ or Messiah, we're referring to an anointed one, and in particular, the anointed one that God had promised in the Old Testament. Where is the Anointed ( Read more... )

This evening amidst sniffles, tea, and tissues, I poked around the books of Kings, Chronicles, the prophets, and Acts. For starters, I wanted a better grasp on when the various prophets lived and ministered. Also, I was curious to know what kinds of kings were ruling during the ministry of Isaiah, since we'll be studying the book of Isaiah in ( Read more... )

This week I plan to read through the following pairs of passages - one from the Old Testament and one from the New Testament each day to celebrate the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus. I invite you all to read along with me ( Read more... )

Last year, I remember having this conversation with my boss. ( hall conversation and reflections )

Psalm 40:5
"Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works
Which You have done;
And Your thoughts toward us
Cannot be recounted to You in order;
If I would declare and speak of them,
They are more than can be numbered."

To think that out of dust, God created living beings in His own image for His glory (Genesis 1:27). And to think that out of dust ( Read more... )

Daniel 9:25
"'Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until Messiah the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The street shall be built again, and the wall,
Even in troublesome times."

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Saturday was spent catching up on household chores. Laundry was done, dishes were washed, radios were relocated, phone was recharged, garbage was taken out, dinner was cooked, etc. At 7:10, I sat down to eat some barbecued pork, a baked potato and green beans and to my pleasant surprise, found that a hockey game was on TV. At 10:30 or ( Read more... )

Spent the evening reading the first four chapters of Daniel, catching up on news with the schooner's captain, and looking forward to the arrival of my new transcribing project. It was mailed from the UK last Tuesday, so I'm hoping that it'll be waiting for me when I get home from work tomorrow.

I went to the National Museum of American History today. I was darting about the exhibits in my Braille shirt and Capitals sweatshirt, camera and notebook in hand.

Many go to and fro!Above all, I came to see how much American infrastructure and technology has been advancing since the beginning of the 19th Century. Just consider how different ( Read more... )