Way through Moriah

Emotions pent up and Psalms all over It’s Psalms that i been living and breathing A window into the past or a glance into my soul Heartaches and dreams and more A child gazing up the skies Blue mountains all around Blue is the sky and warmth of the sun Makes my heart go back […]

Genesis 1:1-3 By Dr. Michael S. Heiser

The English translation of the very first verse in the Bible is built on certain assumptions. There’s a decision to be made and there are two camps who hold two different positions.1. Traditional view [In the beginning]2. Hebrew syntax view [When God began to create] This goes beyond the grammar. There’s a decision to be made as to […]

Good Friday Sermon 2025

Here’s the link to my sermon on Good Friday 2025

In my Wilderness

There are these literary style of ancient Hebrew scribes and one in particular I want to discuss here. Each literary style or device is employed to highlight or drive home a point. So one of the style is like ascending – a mountain – reaching top – then – descending the mountain. For example you […]

Deuteronomy 6:5?

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. ESV Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. NIV Now let’s look at these three words in Hebrew Heart=Lebab We moderns associate heart with the seat of emotion and […]

Psalm 5:3 Devotion

All the verses are taken from the ESV. O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice1 for you and watch. ESV Alec Motyer2 translates this verse as: Yahweh, in the morning you will hear my voice; in the morning I will set it out to you, Here I very much agree with […]

Psalm 5:4

For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness; with you, evil people are not welcome. NIV For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. ESV You don’t socialize with Wicked, or invite Evil over as your houseguest. MSG NIV says that “evil people are not welcome”. ESV says […]

Hebrews 11: Faith is Knowing God

Below is an excerpt from Ch 2 of Matthew Bates‘ Gospel Allegiance Moreover, modern skepticism and the emergence of naturalisticworldviews have given “faith” an anti-evidentialist connotation incontemporary discourse. For example, atheist Richard Dawkins is famousfor saying, “Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need tothink and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief […]

Translation Issue: Romans 1:3

regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David, NIV concerning his Son, who was born a descendant of David according to the flesh LEB The Good News is about his Son. In his earthly life he was born into King David’s family line, NLT concerning his Son who was a descendant of David […]

Translation Issue: Psalm 5:3

O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch. ESV Listen to my voice in the morning, Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly. NLT In the morning, Lord, You will hear my voice;In the morning I will present my prayer to You and be on the watch. NASB Lord, in the morning you […]