The Bulls of Bashan
Roy Blizzard III © 2023 In Psalms 22, the Psalm that Jesus quotes from the cross, we read in verse 12 in the KJV and verse 13 in the Hebrew text that “Many bulls have encompassed me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.” This appears to the average reader pretty straightforward when it’s […]
Grace. What does this word really mean?
2011© Roy Blizzard III “Grace”. What is it and what does it mean for us in the New Testament and for those in the Old Testament. Psalm 136:1, “Oh give thanks unto the LORD; For He is good; For his mercy endures forever.” Grace or oftentimes translated Mercy in the Bible is derived from the […]
How Did Saul Become Paul?
Roy Blizzard III (C) 2019 In Acts 13:9 we read a seemingly innocent verse stating that Saul is now Paul; or do we? Here is what verse 9 says: “Then Saul, (who is also called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.” Here is the Greek, “ 9 σαυλος δε ο […]
What Does the Shema Mean to Me
Roy Blizzard III © 2013 This is “The Shema”; Deuteronomy 6:4-9, King James Version (KJV) 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I […]
Who is a Good Samaritan?
By Roy Blizzard III & Bill Smiley © 2012 Based on Luke 10:25-37 In the New Testament we read an account that many have misunderstood. Seemingly, it contradicts traditional Judaism and thereby makes it look as if Jesus, somehow, transgressed God’s law. Contained within this parable are several “odd items” which commentators have overlooked. A […]
Yet The Dogs Eat of the Crumbs Which Fall from Their Masters’ Table
Roy Blizzard III © 2012 In the New Testament in Matthew 15:21-28 is a simple, but to most people a strange story, that has given rise to all sorts of erroneous Christian and Atheist theology. We find here devils, pagans, dismissing disciples and a seemingly apathetic Messiah who insults the suffering. This is a story […]
A Fox or a Lion?
By Roy Blizzard
Will The Foolishness of the World Really Confound the Wise
The Foolishness of the World to Confound the Wise 2011 © Roy Blizzard III 2nd Century CE Hellenic Papyrus of 1 Corinthians 1:24-2.2 While this papyrus that was written 200 years after Yeshua is a nice Greek work, it does little to shed any real light on the proper translation into English of this passage […]
Yet The Dogs Eat of the Crumbs Which Fall from Their Masters’ Table
Yet The Dogs Eat of the Crumbs Which Fall from Their Masters’ Table Roy Blizzard © 2012 In the New Testament in Matthew 15:21-28 is a simple, but to most people a strange story, that has given rise to all sorts of erroneous Christian and Atheist theology. We find here devils, pagans, dismissing disciples and […]
How Did Saul Become Paul?
Roy Blizzard III (C) 2019 In Acts 13:9 we read a seemingly innocent verse stating that Saul is now Paul; or do we? Here is what verse 9 says: “Then Saul, (who is also called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.” Here is the Greek, “ 9 σαυλος δε ο και παυλος…” 1881 Westcott-Hort […]