Author Archives: jackpelham

You’ll see roughly 60 English translations of Hebrews 9:27 below. I have listed them below for your examination. Here are our questions, with my brief answers: Q: Four of these translations specify “only once” or “but once”, but does the Greek … Continue reading →

In my reading, I ran across a reference to one’s life being “weighed in a balance”, so I thought I’d search to see how much language of this sort there is in the ancient literature. This post, therefore, is a … Continue reading →

The Bible mentions several covenants, but by far, the two most important are the ones we know as the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. How well do you understand the differences and similarities between these two? Take the 14-question quiz … Continue reading →

What can be figured out about how “many” people were raised from the dead here?: ESV Matthew 27:50  And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. 51 At that moment the curtain of the … Continue reading →

Why should they come to youWhen they do not even come to Him?

As reverently as they insist Upon the one teaching of Jesus,They turn a deaf ear toward another.

How is it that they want to bear Jesus’ name,Yet care so little to learn his philosophyAnd to walk in his Way and Truth and Life?

Well, here goes my first transmission after having quit reading and posting to Facebook for the rest of this year. I have long been in the habit of posting here, and then putting links and excerpts on Facebook for my … Continue reading →