You do not have to look far to see differences in translation between one Bible and another. Why are there differences, and does the fact that there are differences mean that translations aren’t valid? These, and similar questions, are very important questions to have answers for. After all, if our translations aren’t accurate, how can we possibly know the truth? Most people don’t have the time to learn one foreign language much less three.
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Use of “Yahweh”
This topic is one that I have been interested in for quite some time now. I knew that every time the Bible uses “LORD” in all caps that what was written in Hebrew was something different from the Hebrew word for lord. But, I really didn’t care to look into it much more than that. That is until I started reading verses where it didn’t make sense. In these verses “LORD” or “the LORD” was written, but it doesn’t make sense. Let me give you some examples of verses that confused me. “The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name” (Exodus 15:3), or again “I am the LORD, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, nor My praise to graven images” (Isaiah 42:8 (also look up: Psalm 68:4, Jeremiah 33:2, Exodus 6:3, Amos 5:8 and 9:6, Hosea 12:5, and many more)). What is wrong with all of these verses?
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The Power of Your Testimony
Despite what we often think, the most powerful tool for evangelism isn’t just bringing up the “Romans Road” as many of us have been taught. For those of you who don’t know, the “Romans Road” is basically five verses in Romans that make up our need for Christ, what He has done for us, and how we go about surrendering to Him (See Romans 3:23, 6:23, 5:8, 10:9 and 5:1). Though knowing and being able to teach what it is to become a Christian is vastly important, it isn’t the most powerful tool for the job. It really is rather simple, but that is a blog for another time. From a teaching standpoint, there are two tools that are more powerful than the Romans Road. These are your testimony and reason. They come at it from two completely different angles, and they both have their positives and negatives. Realistically, the most powerful tool is a combination of the two but addressing them both individually will hopefully show how to use either one as a witness for Christ. Obviously, based on the title of this blog, I am addressing the former one. I will be doing a blog on the power of reason for evangelism in the next couple of weeks and will link to that on here. Continue reading “The Power of Your Testimony”
The Good News
Oh, how man has fallen. Created in the image of God, but we fell from our place of honor. Sin came into the world through one man. Indeed, this saying is true, “none is righteous, no, not one.” For we have all fallen and deserve nothing more than eternal death. Sin is our way of life. No one is worthy of living since, “the wages of sin is death.” Therefore, God would be justified to kill us all where we stand. For that is nothing more than we deserve. “No one does good, not even one.” Even the things that we do that might be seen as right living are worthless because of our sin. We can never do enough good works to enter the kingdom of heaven for even one single sin creates a chasm between us and God that cannot be crossed by any means that we possess. It is hopeless.
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What is Truth?
The age-old question: What is Truth? In today’s world, truth is relative to each person. Each person has their own “truth.” The problem that we run into is that truth isn’t truth unless it is true at every point in time, and to everyone. My personal truth, unless it meets those requirements, is only an opinion. Additionally, there is more to truth than just facts. Truth is reality, and facts point to (or should point to) reality, but they are not reality in and of themselves. Facts can be misinterpreted. Facts can also be falsified. It happens all the time. Continue reading “What is Truth?”
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