What the Words Actually Mean

Words the pulpit softened, sweetened, or reinvented outright — and what the Hebrew and Greek actually say.

21 studies

The Whole Counsel: Six Words, One Picture Main study Six words, one story — and the sixth one waits until you leave the bench
The Mediator's Word Palal is a courtroom word. The church turned it into small talk.
The Bended Knee Barak means to kneel. The blessing was always meant to travel upward.
Two Loads in the Wilderness One Hebrew word, four shoulders, four different loads — and what the believer carries.
The Charge Carried Away English has one word for forgiveness. Hebrew has six, and none are feelings.
The Weight on the Throne Kavod is weight, not light. Glory belongs to the One who sits.
The Missing Mark To miss a mark there must be a mark. Torah is the mark.
The Counterfeit Throne John's kosmos is not the planet. It is the rival kingdom outside the gate.
Six Words, One Throne Pull one word loose and the other five start sliding with it.
Clean Hands, Pure Heart Psalm 24 answers its own question — and the answer was never no one
Faith Has an Address Every believing text in Scripture runs through the Son and comes to rest on the Father
Filled, but Not Indwelt Why John came in the spirit of Elijah — and why he was the last man to receive the Ruach that way
Fornication and Adultery Two words, two covenants, two judgments — and English hid the difference
Kingdom of Lights Yahuah does not dwell in a temple with the light put out.
Partakers of the Promise Every promise is one Person, and His faithfulness — not yours — secures it.
Prepare the Horse Sorting the wisdom Yahuah commands from the worry He forbids
Shalom: Whole, Complete, Without Blemish "Nothing missing, nothing broken" is not what the Hebrew says, and it never was
The Christian Experiment Lifton's marks of thought reform, applied to a church that reads its own Book backwards
The Men in the Margin A Jesuit built the frame; three men nailed it into the Protestant margin.
The Redeemer Who Never Needed Redeeming The Go'el does the redeeming. The kopher is what gets paid. You cannot be both.
Worship and Service Two words the Trinity doctrine cannot afford to separate — proskyneo, latreuo, and what the Bible actually distinguishes. In 88 Septuagint occurrences and 21 New Testament occurrences, latreuo is never once directed toward the Messiah.