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Category: Scripture Study
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Two Translations Reveal Where the Ambiguity Lives
I remember sitting in a dim hospital corridor years ago, clutching a single, heavily annotated Bible, trying to find the right words for a…
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Readable and Accurate Are Both Real Priorities
I remember sitting in a small, dimly lit study years ago, staring at a page of sixteenth-century liturgical text that had been “translated” by…
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Every Translation Makes Choices Someone Disagrees With
I remember sitting in a dimly lit hospital room years ago, holding a worn Greek New Testament and trying to explain a concept of…
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Understanding the Setting Before Judging the Rule
I remember sitting in a cramped hospital consultation room, the air smelling of antiseptic and stale coffee, listening to a man try to make…
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A Proverb Is a Pattern, Not a Promise
I remember sitting in a dim hospital room in the middle of a February night, holding the hand of a man who had spent…
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Prophecy Spoke to Its Own Moment First
I remember sitting in a sterile hospital room during a late-night shift, listening to a man try to make sense of a terrifying diagnosis…
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Every Letter Answered a Question We Only Partly Hear
I remember sitting in a dim hospital room in the late nineties, holding the hand of a man who was trying to make sense…
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Metaphor Is Not Imprecision
I remember sitting in a dim hospital ward late one Tuesday, watching a man try to find the words to say goodbye to his…
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Stories Teach by Showing, Not Stating
I remember sitting in a dimly lit hospice room late one Tuesday, listening to a man try to piece together the story of his…
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Poetry Should Not Be Read Like a Legal Code
I remember sitting in a sterile hospital room in the late nineties, holding the hand of a man who was losing his grip on…