The 1990s video series Ben & Eddie, which teaches children to trust God in troubled times, has been rereleased online. The series tells the story of an orphaned puppy in New York City named Eddie who has built up an emotional wall to keep from getting hurt again. But after he is befriended by a …
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Proverbs 1:7a (ESV) Though the German philosopher Immanuel Kant was no Christian, he was right on the mark when he said that as “supreme being” God “is an ideal without a flaw, a concept which completes and crowns the whole of human knowledge.” Even a skeptic like Kant had …
Interested in learning Biblical Greek? BibleMesh Biblical Languages will guide you to become a confident reader of the biblical text—and it begins with taking your first steps. Find out more and get our Greek First Steps course for free. Tapping into Modern Greek can shed light on the New Testament text in sundry ways. An …
Knowing Greek and Hebrew is not necessary to be able to understand the Bible. But some knowledge of the languages does pay dividends, especially when trying to follow commentaries which debate the meaning of a particular Bible verse. Knowing the original languages may not be essential in order to be a Bible teacher, but it …
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The “General Confession” in The Book of Common Prayer[1] first appeared in the 1552 edition and has remained relatively unchanged to this day. The author of the prayer is unknown, but he was certainly familiar with the Bible and the awe which comes from contemplating the greatness of God in comparison to the wickedness of man. While …
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Five hundred years ago, Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam published the first ever printed Greek New Testament in Basle. After publication he immediately went to work on a second edition, which was published in 1519, a third edition in 1522 on through to the fifth and final edition in 1535. This final edition was accompanied by …