January, 2010
Who Dat
With the recent focus on the New Orleans Saints football frenzy and ‘Who Dat Nation’, I began to reflect about their theme song, ‘When the Saints Go Marching In’. My mind began to do some ‘Holy Who Dat’s’. As if The One who Created everything was talking to me. He first did that in Genesis [...]
Read moreBible Econ 201
This month’s installment will again start with a bit more ”personal confession”. While I was raised in the conventional protestant environment of “churchianity”, I spent my rebellious years rejecting much of what I had “heard it said” that the Bible taught. It was only when I finally decided to read and study, for myself, what the Bible [...]
Read moreRestoration Project Newsletter: February 2010
Word of the month by Brad Scott of Wildbranch Ministries WILD In two places in the 11th chapter of Romans, Sha’ul calls those who are not part of the natural tree a ‘wild olive tree’. The English word ‘wild’ is taken from the Greek word agrios. Obviously this is part of where we get the [...]
Read moreWhere we Going?
As I was thinking about what to write this month, Mark sends me his article early. I see he was talking about the jubilee so I thought why not write about this word. I recently received a big set of books, 39 lbs. worth. I was interested in being able to take Greek words back [...]
Read moreWhat did Paul Say when he Spoke?
What did Paul say when he spoke? A quick perusal thru the book of Acts in the life of Paul; I can find no less than 12 different times he was either invited to speak or just spoke out in different cities, places and synagogues. Many times on the Sabbath (not SUN-day). This is the [...]
Read moreBible Econ 101
Like many people, I went through a period of youthful rebellion, during which I questioned a number of things that I had been taught – including many things that were supposedly “Biblical”. I still recognize that a great many people will do everything possible to deny that the Bible contains Truth, but will somehow listen when [...]
Read moreRestoration Project Newsletter: January 2010
Word of the month by Brad Scott of Wildbranch Ministries CAPITALIST A capitalist these days has become anathema among many historical revisionists, liberal universities, and think tanks. This word is defined in our dictionaries as “an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange of wealth (capital) [...]
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