A Gray-Beard's Thoughts
A Gray-Beard's Thoughts
Do you see irony in the stories around you? Do you sometimes feel uncomfortable because you find humor within the tragic things around us? Does a good pun make you smile inside? Does the outrageous get your attention, sometimes no…
Galatians 5:12 I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off. World English Bible That is nice and polite in the English translation. However, the Greek (apokoptó) literally is a phrase in English = I emasculate, castrate, mutilate…
OK, a second installment of the nuances of cultures and languages of Biblical times: More pealing back the onion layers. From John 11, the story about Lazarus and his sisters, Martha, and Mary: We blame God for everything, and Jesus…
Jesus and Nicodemus
We live in a truly amazing age: the resources available on just the three sites listed below far exceed anything our ancestors could have dreamed about, and they are thousands of times easier to navigate than a grand library of…
I have found it fruitful to use multiple Bible English versions. However, on this site, I will primarily, as I do in my Bible Studies, quote an edition called the World English Bible (WEB). It is a reasonable translation in…
A place holder for Motorcycle stuff
Just a place holder for setting up the site category for Biker Stuf