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Patronage and Reciprocity: The Context of Grace in the New Testament

Berean Patriot May 22, 2020 Faith Articles No Comments
Patronage and Reciprocity The Context of Grace in the New Testament
What follows are selected excerpts from “Patronage and Reciprocity: The Context of Grace in the New Testament” written by David A. deSilva.  The full document is linked above, and …
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Majority Text vs. Critical Text vs. Textus Receptus – Textual Criticism 101

Berean Patriot March 18, 2020 Faith Articles, Textual Criticism 85 Comments
Majority Text vs Critical Text vs Textus Receptus Textual Criticism 101
There are three major competing Greek sources to use for translating the New Testament: the Critical Text, the Majority Text, and the Textus Receptus.   The science of assembling these …
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Is the Catholic Church Infallible? No, and Here’s Proof

Berean Patriot January 24, 2020 Faith Articles 30 Comments
Is the Catholic Church Infallible Proof and Papal Seal
Let me be clear up front: I am not “anti-Catholic” in any way. I have several Catholics in my circle of friends and one of my wife’s best friends …
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Yes, The Bible CLEARLY Says Sex Outside of Marriage is Wrong

Berean Patriot January 1, 2020 Faith Articles 98 Comments
Yes The Bible CLEARLY Says Sex Outside of Marriage is Wrong Fornication
It’s strange that this article is necessary. The plain text of scripture is pretty clear on this point and how people miss this is beyond me. (Unless they’re missing …
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Seeing the Bible from the Hebrew Cultural Perspective

Berean Patriot December 19, 2019 Faith Articles 2 Comments
Seeing the Bible from the Hebrew Cultural Perspective
The vast majority of Christians grew up in a “western” culture and style of thinking.  However, the Bible was written with an “eastern” culture and style of thinking.  Western …
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A Few Fun Things About Biblical (Koine) Greek

Berean Patriot October 3, 2019 Faith Articles 2 Comments
Some Fun Things About Biblical Koine Greek
Since I reference Greek so often on this website, I thought it might be helpful and fun to do a short little primer on how cool the Greek language …
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Is God Male, Female, or Neither/Both? (“What are God’s Pronouns?”)

Berean Patriot August 20, 2019 Faith Articles 9 Comments
Is God Male Female or Neither-Both What are God's Pronouns
The transgender movement has made a lot of fuss lately about “misgendering” people.  That is, not calling someone by their “preferred pronouns”.  Setting aside that whole issue for a …
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In Greek, the Greatest Commandment isn’t About “Love”

Berean Patriot August 2, 2019 Faith Articles 18 Comments
The Greatest Commandment Venn Diagram - Color
I put love in quotes because our English word “love” has a lot of linguistic baggage.  It has so many meanings it’s almost meaningless these days. Not so with …
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How to Pronounce God’s name (יהוה/YHWH/the Tetragrammaton)

Berean Patriot April 1, 2019 Faith Articles 31 Comments
How to Pronounce God's name (יהוה YHWH the Tetragrammaton)
The name of God in English is usually represented by four letters: YHWH (or occasionally YHVH).  In the original language it’s composed of four Hebrew letters: “יהוה”. The Hebrew …
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What It REALLY Means to “Fear the Lord” (it’s not about dread)

Berean Patriot November 6, 2018 Faith Articles 19 Comments
what it really means to fear the lord
EDIT: This article is in desperate need of an overhaul.  While there are no factual errors (that I know of), I’ve learned enough additional context to add this disclaimer.  …
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