He is Sufficient

One of our summertime indulgences with the boys has been allowing them to split a small decaf mocha frappacino from Starbucks. After a recent experience, however, this might have to come to an end… Friday night, I took Ben with me to get some wine for dinner and as we drove down the street and [...]

One of the last memes that Peter Kirk passed along was “what type of pizza are you?” Now he’s back with another, this time a “Spiritual Types Test“. But while Peter scores as a Sage, I’ve come in as a Mystic: You are a Mystic, known for your imaginative, intuitive spirituality. You value peace, harmony, [...]

Genesis 11:1-9 (NEB) – Once upon a time all the world spoke a single language and used the same words. As men journeyed in the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. They said to one another, ‘Come, let us make bricks and bake them hard’; they used [...]

The careful observer will note that this blog has a new web home – after a year and a half of residence at “heissufficient.net“, I’ve been able to secure “heissufficient.com” for immediate use! The previous owner’s registration expired a few months ago and I was contacted by some holding company, offering a “once in a [...]

In the aftermath of my recent post on the NEB’s literary treatment of James 3, I’ve been having an interesting discussion with Kevin Sam about the authority of Bible translations. This is an issue separate from the typical discussions of the “accuracy” of formal vs. functional translations. What does it mean to be authoritative? There [...]

Iyov has written recently about the Geneva Bible [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], so I thought he might take interest in this eBay listing for what purports to be a genuine leather First Edition 1560 Geneva Bible. Certainly with a “Buy It Now” price of $19,500 USD, one might expect it to be authentic? Though [...]

Henry Neufeld takes a brief look at a wide swath of study Bibles in a recent post comparing introductory material to the Gospel of Luke. Study Bibles he reviews include: The Learning Bible (CEV) Oxford Study Bible (REB) New Oxford Annotated Bible (N/RSV) Holy Spirit Encounter Bible (NLT1) New Interpreter’s Study Bible (NRSV) NLT Study [...]

Burnsville held their annual Fire Muster celebration this past weekend. Unfortunately we missed most of the fire truck parade on Saturday, which Sam was bummed out about, but in the end the day was redeemed by allowing him to stay up later than usual to watch the fireworks display. We weren’t sure if they were [...]

For the creation was subjected to futility – not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it – in the hope that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of corruption into the glorious freedom of God’s children. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor [...]

Down the rabbit hole we go… In a recent comment thread at New Leaven, Bryan L presented the idea that there is a theme of a new exodus within Isaiah that some authors believe Mark adapted and structured his gospel narrative of Jesus around. Bryan cited works by Rikk Watts, Joel Marcus and David Pao. [...]