Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life (soul)? For what can a man give in return for his life (soul)? Mark 8:36-37 One of the most egregious (in my opinion) mistranslations in the Bible is in Mark 8:36-37. The word which...
God’s Great Love for Us
Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia ‘But he became angry and did not wish to enter’. The parable of the Prodigal Son, which is read today in church, has been called a pearl among the parables, and the Gospel within the Gospel. Some commentators have called it...
