Lost in Translation

With Halloween several weeks away, you might think that I am going to write about candy… but I’m not… The truth of the matter is that I was reading an interesting article about making money, saving and looking toward the…

From time to time, I write about an interesting license plate that I have recently seen. Well, it happened again this morning. Frankly, it was great that I ran across it because I usually have my post written before Thursday,…

This past Tuesday, the 24th, was a significant date in the history of our great country. For it was on September 24, 1789 that the Supreme Court came into existence. It was the result of the Judiciary Act of 1789…

Several posts ago, I wrote about Pam Altmeyer, a wonderful advocate for the malnourished and underfed, who recently passed away. The post included the story of our meeting and, eventually, our friendship. All that was based on a hug I…

The nation and most of us are in a tough spot these days. We have polar opposites in the political arena and I certainly don’t have to go into detail there. The gloves are off and each side is attacking…

Our Bible study has been together for more than a quarter of a century and we have studied the entire New Testament as well as most of the Old Testament. We have approached this study by alternating Old and New…

Yesterday evening we witnessed the first presidential assassination attempt in 43 years, when a deranged young man attempted to kill President Reagan. Thankfully, he survived the attack, as did former President Trump, but in both instances, people were hurt and…

Almost twenty five years ago, I started my advanced education at seminary when I was 47 years old. I was very interested in learning the original languages of the Bible, primarily Hebrew and Greek (I didn’t study Aramaic). I chose…

I’ve been teaching in the psalms the last month or so and as you probably know, the psalms are divided into five different sections - representing the five books of the Penteteuch written by Moses. We are currently in the…

Our home based Bible study group has started going through the 5th book of the Psalms. Most people don’t realize that there are 150 psalms, divided into five separate books that roughy correlate with the Pentateuch. These are the first…