Back from holiday today and able to resume this blog in an orderly way. I am reading Genesis and Mark’s gospel in tandem, using the Schocken Bible for Genesis and the Darby translation for mark, both of which are very literal. The headlines are chosen to remind me that I don’t live in the bible. […]
Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his house, who had charge of all that he had, ‘Put your hand under my thigh 3 and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of […]
I have been unable to blog for a week or so, but hope to resume in a couple of days.
MARK 10 17 As he was starting on his way, a man ran up, kneeled down in front of him and asked, “Good rabbi, what should I do to obtain eternal life?” 18 Yeshua said to him, “Why are you calling me good? No one is good except God! 19 You know the mitzvot — […]
GENESIS 24 By now Avraham was old, advanced in years; and Adonai had blessed Avraham in everything. 2 Avraham said to the servant who had served him the longest, who was in charge of all he owned, “Put your hand under my thigh; 3 because I want you to swear by Adonai, God of heaven […]
PRESIDENT SIRISENA BRINGS NEW HOPE TO INDONESIANS GENESIS 23 Now Sara’s life was one hundred and twenty years and seven, these are the years of Sara’s life. Sara died in Arba-town, that is now Hebron, in the land of Canaan. Avraham set about to lament for Sara and to weep over her; then Avraham arose […]
This blog provides a daily reading of Genesis and the Gospel of Mark. The series began on 1st January 2015 and can be accessed from my archives.Yesteday I spent all my time on Genesis so today I’ll concentrate on Mark. Mark 10 Darby Translation (DARBY) 10 And rising up from there he comes into the […]
This blog has been following the book of Genesis and the Gospel of Mark since the new year. Previous posts can be found in my archives. GENESIS 22 (from the Schocken Bible) Now after these events it was that God tested Avraham and said to him: Avraham! He said: Here I am. He said: Pray […]
This blog continues a meditation on the book of Genesis and the Gospel of Mark, which began on 1st January 2015. Previous blogs can be found in my archives.The headline helps to keep my thought real. TERMS OF UKRAINE TRUCE BROKEN ALREADY GENESIS 21 It was about that time that Avimelekh, together with Pikhol, […]
This blog continues a meditation on the book of Genesis and the Gospel of Mark, which began on 1st January 2015. Previous blogs can be found in my archives.The headline helps to keep my thought real. OAKLAHOMA TO BRING BACK THE GAS CHAMBER Today is my 73rd birthday. When I was a boy in the […]
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