17 February 2010
Here’s a quotation from Paul’s letter to the Romans:
. . . whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood . . .
Romans 3:25a KJV
What does the word propitiation mean? That’s a question many would be hard pressed to answer. […]
9 February 2010
Last week I read a blog post from the Better Bibles Blog discussing the proper translation of Hebrews 1:7 and the Old Testament passage it quotes, Psalm 104:4. The article itself goes into some depth, but the main thrust of it was this: most translations translate Hebrews 1:7 inaccurately, and they should read something like Psalm 104:4 NIV. […]
14 January 2010
I’ve been doing a lot of reading recently on the subject of translation and, more specifically, Bible translation. So I thought I would talk about the things I’ve been reading about. I’ll also be giving some links to some good reading materials.
I expect to be writing rather often on this subject over a period of time, so I’ll start now with some introductory remarks. […]
25 December 2009
I hope that everyone enjoys Christmas today. It’s a time when many people are able to take off from work or school and spend time with their families.
It has been traditional for a long time now to celebrate the birth of Christ on 25 December, so that Christmas is celebrated as a legal holiday in many countries on that day. In the Catholic church the day is celebrated as the second greatest day in the year—second only to Easter.
However, much tradition has crept up around the biblical account, as it has with Easter. […]
5 December 2009
This is the account of the first day of competition at the National Bible Bee.
In the morning I rose early (at least relatively to my normal schedule)—around 6:30, I believe. The night before I had got into bed early also, but as the heat was turned up to 68·5°F, I could not sleep: we do not heat the house at night, and so I am used to the house being relatively cold during the autumn and winter months. Furthermore, I am not used to the sheer number of sheets and pillows provided at the hotel. It wasn’t until after I turned the heat down to 60°F that I slept; I probably did not actually fall asleep till midnight. […]
14 November 2009
Well, now that my eight-week blogging break is over, I’m going to try to give as full an account as possible of my whole experience at the Bible Bee. (After all, everyone’s just been waiting for it, right?)
During the summer I did not do nearly as much studying—and that not as efficiently—as in the eight [...]
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