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Jehovah is not a real name for God

Sometimes "knowledge is power", but with language, it often feels like ignorance is bliss. Having studied both Biblical Greek and Hebrew, it is hard for me be a passive learner when Biblical language is mishandled in se…
Follow vs. Pursue

On Sunday, we sang a worship song with lyrics made up of the words to Psalm 23. Because I spent hours and hours translating this psalm and exegeting it for my final paper in Hebrew, I was 'slightly' bowled over by the d…
Embarassing or Profound?

One of my first assigned translation passages for my Hebrew class was Genesis 22. Genesis 22 had previously always been the passage that I was most embarrassed about when I talked to skeptics about the Bible. I mean...…
Hinneni

I woke up thinking about הִנֵּנִי (hinneni). This was Abraham's response to God when He called out his name. הִנֵּנִי means "Here I am." It is a way of responding by persons related by intimacy or respect (i.e. father…
The Baby Exchange

Ok, we did it. First week of crazyness completed. (Well, sort of.) On Monday, I had to leave the house at 6 pm to get to my 7 pm Old Testament class. I waved goodbye to Sam and the baby and hurried out the door befor…
Something about Jesus

I've been feeling anxious because I don't know how we will afford seminary. This year, we will have to take from our savings. The daughter of my father in me admonishes me repeatedly how foolish it will be for us to n…
He really does answer prayer

Sam and I pray together every night -- about the baby and everything else. Recently, we've been praying a lot about what to do in the near future (seminary) and far future (missions). One of the big questions we are gr…
Journal thoughts for my translation of John 1:18

Greek: θεον ουδεις εωρακεν πωποτε μονογενης θεος ο ων εις τον κολπον τοu πατρος εκεινος εξηγησατο. My Literal Translation: God no one has seen ever/at any time (perfect tense - i.e. completed past tense), the one and on…
Do you want my shirt?

"Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none..." (Luke 3:11) Tonight my New Testament professor taught us that the people who were being preached at in this passage lived in such poverty that they …
The mythical power of Greek - debunked

There's this false notion among Christians that knowing the Greek language will give you special knowledge of the Bible and therefore special knowledge to God -- as if it's the key that unlocks all secrets. This is actu…