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A plea for Hebrew study

In this short article, John Piper attempts to cajole his fellow pastors to take their duty to study the original languages of the Scriptures seriously. I would qualify Dr. Piper's comments, however, by insisting that the study of Hebrew must take priority over the study of the Greek text (though of course both are important).

After all, the Greek text of the New Testament derives its authority and veracity from the Jewish Scriptures, and not the other way around. In other words, while it's possible that the Hebrew Scriptures are true and the Greek Scriptures are not, i...

Rein en gesonde eet praktyk

By Jan M de Beer - eshofar.com

Navorsing bewys dat dit ongesond is om botter te eet, en hordes mense skakel oor na margarien. Dan kom ‘n nuwe navorser en wys dat margarien niks anders as plastiek is nie, en almal skakel weer terug na botter. Gesond eet is vir baie mense belangrik, maar dit is so relatief soos die nuutste navorsing. Dit laat mens die vraag vra: “Moet ek maar eet wat voorkom en waarvoor ek lus is, of maak dit vir God saak wat ek eet?”.As mens na Levitikus 11:1-47 en Deuteronomium 14:3-21 kyk, is dit duidelik dat ons Vader baie s...

Shavuot measuring our days

By Monte Judah

At the time of this writing it is May of 2010, and we are about to complete God’s instruction of counting of the Omer begun in mid-April with the Feast of First Fruits. On Sunday, May 23, we will count the fiftieth day (the day after seven complete Sabbaths) and observe the feast day called Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks. What significance is there for us today about this one-day festival? Does it have future significance? There is much we can learn from the command to count the Omer to the celebration of the day itself, as we shall see ahead.

Moses instru...