Think on these things (Philippians 4:8-9)
Preservation comes to us through surviving manuscripts. Original manuscripts are gone, only copies exist. The total number of manuscripts of the New Testament is 5,488 in two major text-types: the Byzantine and Alexandrian texts. Byzantine is named for the Byzantine area (Syria, Turkey, and Greece, where the Paul ministered). It’s …
We visited the Museum of the Bible yesterday. It was a great blessing to see the preservation process of God’s Holy Word. It was also disheartening to see the admiration given to versions of the Bible that did not fall into God’s divine preservation. Our church exclusively uses the King …
From the National Institute of Health on Aging: “Vitamins and minerals are two of the main types of nutrients that your body needs to survive and stay healthy. … Some vitamins help you resist infections and keep your nerves healthy, while others may help your body get energy from food …
In James 1:1-20, James deals with many issues in the church prevalent in our lives today ─ attitude, mind, will, heart, temptation, desires, deception, disobedience, self-control of our tongue, our ears, and our anger. James’ answer to overcoming these issues and being blessed of God is the “engrafted word.” engrafted …
This is just a brief ponder for those who think any English Bible version is OK. There are many statistics you can search and see the vast number of changes that most Bible versions make, supposedly with the intent of easier reading then the KJV. A major problem is the …
Read Deuteronomy 29:29 This verse says there are some things of God that we may never know. Understanding “why” helps keep balance in our Christian walk. There are two extreme responses to God’s “secret things.” Some say, “The Bible does not say I cannot do…,” while others say, “The Bible …
I teach our church to use their daily devotional to assist them in consistency in their Bible, and that the Bible supersedes any devotional. I teach to read the entire chapter of the day’s devotion before reading the devotion. My pondering this morning was this. If we read our day’s …
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