Posted on November 3, 2008 by petermlopez
I have spent a lot of time lately contemplating the Hebrew language (even more than usual). I simply cannot escape the conclusion that the language is supernaturally composed. It almost makes me wish I was a statistician so that I could calculate the odds of a human or group of humans developing a [...]
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Posted on October 16, 2008 by petermlopez
I have spent the last few weeks in Genesis 11 reading about what might have been one of the greatest construction projects in world history. Out of the blue one day I was overwhelmed with the need to go back (or forward - since most of my time is spent in Genesis 1) to [...]
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Posted on October 6, 2008 by petermlopez
I just learned about two ESV Study Bible Giveaways from the ESV Study Bible Blog, and you have a chance to win one (or possibly 2, I guess) of 15 ESV Study Bibles. Both contests are free with no additional obligations for winning.
The first is sponsored by Focus on the Family at Boundless.org and [...]
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Posted on September 16, 2008 by petermlopez
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Posted on September 15, 2008 by petermlopez
It has been one week since I received my New Living Translation Study Bible from the NLT Bible Giveaway, and I want thank Tyndale and the NLT Blog for the free NLT Study Bible.
Before I get into the meat of this post, I want to repent of my earlier prejudice against the New Living Translation. [...]
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Posted on September 8, 2008 by petermlopez
This month marks the one-year anniversary of the beginning of my study of Genesis 1:1. When I first began studying Genesis 1:1 in the ancient Hebrew, I remember being amazed at how after 2 months I had yet to exhaust the remarkable wisdom and revelation contained in this one seemingly simple verse.
The one-year older [...]
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Posted on August 27, 2008 by petermlopez
It seems the release of new study Bibles is all the rage these days. For those of you who follow this blog, my last post was on the release of the NLT Study Bible, and now the ESV is preparing to release an ESV Study Bible October 15, 2008.
The ESV Study Bible will feature [...]
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