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Pray for BiblicalTraining

BiblicalTraining is asking for your prayers for a meeting tomorrow (Thursday). I am sorry that I can't be more specific, but we have asked for a resource that we can put on the website that will substantively increase our ability to serve people around the world with their ongoing educational needs. There is a meeting tomorrow that will determine if the resource will be given to us. Please pray that God softens their hearts and allows this to go forward. Sorry I can't be more specific; but if it happens, I will let you know.

Filling Pails and Throwing Water on Fires (the Log College of William Tennent)

 

I started this blog with the title, "The Difference a Comma Makes (Acts 5:18)." You will see why I changed it.

We all know that commas are not part of the biblical text, and yet they are required by English. To someone just starting their Greek career, it may not seem that commas deserve much attention; but Acts 5:18 gives a good example of why a comma can make all the difference.

I was reading the NIV the other day and came across this verse. “Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.” What is the relationship between the “associates” and the “Sadducees”? In English, there are two.

Changed People Lived Changed Lives

There are several trailheads where I live. Lots of places to leave your car, get your hiking gear ready, and take off on a hike. One of my favorite parts of the hike is right after I have started. I am not tired yet, my feet don’t hurt, and everyone is excited about getting “back to nature.” The trail is pretty open, and you can still see the cars and hear the people.

But then you make the first real turn in the trail, and everything changes. The noise subsides, you start to forget the trailhead, you start seeing nature unstained, and the mountains just seem higher. For me, though, the greatest change is in what I hear. The dull drum of city life disappears after the turn, and I start to hear the sounds of nature. Each bird with its own call. Trees creaking in the wind. Water moving. And in-between the sounds, silence. The kind of silence that almost hurts your ears it is so quiet. And the steady, soft crush of years of leaves and pine needles under my feet, muffling my every step.

And I remind myself, this is why I have come on the hike. Because it is different.

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