Tag: bible

...

It is a translation from the original Greek designed to make the language of the New Testament more interesting and intelligible. The translator was Olaf M. Norlie, a professor having three doctorates and on the staff of a college in Minnesota. Particular attention was given to make this translation...

Introduction Why should we have some understanding of how the Bible came to us? Young children often think that milk comes in cartons from the grocery store. As they grow up they learn that milk comes from cows on the farm. Likewise many Christians have become so used to having Bibles that they have...

You decide to buy yourself or someone else a Bible, so you run down to the nearest bookstore—but they have so many different translations, you don’t know where to begin. Here is something that might help: a list of modern translations that you are likely to find in a bookstore, with a description of...

...

Biblical archaeologists have long been interested in hieroglyphics, the ancient Egyptian writing system. Hieroglyphics are a type of pictographic script, meaning that each symbol represents a word or concept. Hieroglyphics were used in Egypt for over 3,000 years, from the 4th millennium BC to the 4t...

...

This version has been prepared to meet the special needs of the deaf. Whether it is published as the English Version for the Deaf or the Easy-to-Read Version, the text is the same. Hearing persons learn English largely through oral conversation. However, for the deaf, this experience with language i...

Do you have a regular Bible study plan? Well, I’m so glad to hear that! You don’t? Well, maybe that is not so bad. You know, a lot of people who have a regular Bible reading plan are very systematic about it. Certainly you’ve met the type: they read a chapter a day, or some other arbitrary amount. I...

...

There are things in the Bible that are hard to understand and difficult to believe, and there are two methods for solving this problem. This is going to be a difficult essay for some of you, but hear me out until the end. The First Method The first method takes a lot of time and effort, and it is of...

...