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 […]
Did Jesus Eat With a Leper?
Roy Blizzard III © 2024 In this passage in Matthew 26 and the corresponding passages in Mark 14:3ff and John 12:1ff, we read that Jesus goes from the Mt. Of Olives where he had been teaching in Matthew chapter 24 to Bethany and visits a “Leper” named Simon. It appears his disciples were there and […]
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 […]