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Category: Scripture Study
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A Cross Reference Is a Suggestion, Not a Proof
I remember sitting in the hospital chapel late one Tuesday, the air thick with the scent of floor wax and old hymnals, trying to…
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When Something Is Said Three Times, Notice
I remember sitting in a cramped, dimly lit hospice room during my final year of chaplaincy, listening to the rhythmic, mechanical hiss of a…
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Repetition Usually Marks the Structure
I remember sitting in a dimly lit hospital ward late one Tuesday, listening to a young man try to explain a grief that had…
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Reading a Letter in One Sitting Changes It
I remember sitting in a quiet hospital corridor late one Tuesday, the air smelling faintly of antiseptic and stale coffee, watching a young man…
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Etymology Is History, Not Definition
I remember sitting in a dimly lit hospital room about fifteen years ago, listening to a young man try to explain his grief through…
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A Word Means What It Means in That Sentence
I remember sitting in the small, dim library of a parish house late one Tuesday, surrounded by the scent of old paper and damp…
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Read the Passage Twice Before the Commentary Once
I remember sitting in a cramped, dimly lit hospital library late one Tuesday, surrounded by heavy, leather-bound volumes that promised to explain every nuance…
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Three Tools Cover Most of What You Need
I spent three decades in hospital wards, sitting in the quiet spaces between life and death, where I learned that the most profound truths…
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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…