The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. James 5:16 NASB Prayer – The Greek word is deesis. It comes from the word deomai. What is important about this word is that it involves personal needs. The verse could be translated, “The very strong very personal petitions.” There is nothing general about these…
The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. James 5:16 NASB Effective – This verse is so important that we need to pay attention to nearly every word. Today we look at the first word in English, which actually translates two words in Greek. The Greek text reveals an adjective and a verb…
The LORD God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man who He had formed. Genesis 2:8 NASB The boys had a day off school today, so I got to stay home. Which meant I got to go out and dig a considerable number of weeds out of my…
Beginning December 9 at the Winter Garden, FL, First Methodist Church, we will do a study of the book of James. Verse by verse, word by word. The plan is to be finished by the end of January. If you are in the area, please come along. 5PM to 7PM each Sunday at the usual…
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned – Romans 5:12 NASB Death – Why do we die? Before you quickly respond, “Because we are sinners,” let’s examine the cultural thinking during the time when Paul wrote these…
The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. Genesis 1:2 NASB Formless and void – tohu va-vohu reads the Hebrew text. But the key to understanding this verse is not simply to be found in…
And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith, and do not doubt, you shall not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it shall happen.” Matthew 21:21 NASB Doubt…
9 people now have made contributions to Irene’s running. One person is following up on some other help and one couple even asked about how to get Irene and her family to the USA. In total, we raised more than $2000 for Irene. This will go into the At God’s Table bank account in South Africa…
And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith, and do not doubt, you shall not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it shall happen.” Matthew 21:21 NASB Doubt…
Calling all those who indicated that they would be willing to help with this documentary on the white squatter camps in South Africa. Several readers wrote to say they could assist with editing, scoring and other production tasks for the project of exposing the world to the reverse racism occurring daily in South Africa. I…
