Both Eyes Open
Close one eye and the room goes flat. Reading and study are the two eyes we bring to the Bible — and the depth is in the two together, not in either alone.
Close one eye and the room goes flat. Reading and study are the two eyes we bring to the Bible — and the depth is in the two together, not in either alone.
You can know a voice on the phone before a single word means anything. What if Scripture could be heard the same way?
Concordances and lexicons: the right tool for one job, the wrong tool for another. One Greek word — epithumia, rendered both “desire” and “lust” — shows why.
I picked up the first English dictionary, printed in 1604, and couldn’t read half of it. One word stopped me cold — and it’s all over the Bible.
God spoke directly to the prophets — many times, many ways. So why does it seem he doesn’t speak that way to us? The question has an answer, and it changes where you go to listen.
Most of us equate the Bible with “the Word of God.” But how does the Bible itself define that phrase? Two passages answer it directly — and without a word of commentary added.
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” We’ve read it a hundred times. But when the apostles read “your word,” they weren’t thinking about a book. Take another look.