When I read the book: 'Was the New Testament Really Written in Greek?' I learned that the ""New Testament"" was really translated from the Aramaic Peshitta into Greek. But the only modern English version available was the 1933 Lamsa-very copyright restricted. So I decided to update the 1851 Murdock / 1848 Etheridge versions into modern English. It took 5,000 hours to revise the texts, noting some very interesting differences between the Aramaic and the Greek versions. While I thought that I would find many new insights that were lost in the translation from Aramaic to Greek, I actually found more errors occurring going from Greek into English in most translations My online version has about 2,500 live links to a Greek lexicon for instant verifications. There is no wretched copyright restricting your legal usage, just a required Creative Commons License. There is a sudden interest in the Aramaic text now with several new copyrighted versions available.
When Lonnie and Belinda Riley return to live in their hometown of Lynch, Kentucky, on a cold March night in 1999, they arrive with no job, no income, and no clue about what to do next. But they do arrive with one certainty: God has called them to leave a comfortable, "make-it-happen" kind of life to live totally dependent on Him to show them how to serve the people in the heart of Appalachia-and that is all they need. As the Rileys learn to live the faith-life, miracle after miracle occurs as God provides in ways that only He can and as He does things only He can do. As word spreads about what is happening, over the next ten years more than 30,000 short- and long-term volunteers come to minister alongside the Rileys in the more than twenty ministries they begin, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in goods and services are donated through Meridzo Center Ministries, Inc. Story after story emerges of how God provides sometimes after a need is known and sometimes before a need is known. Miracle in the Mountains chronicles more than fifty-seven of the hundreds of stories that have emerged as well as many of the biblical principles that the Rileys have learned about how to live the faith-life. These principles are applicable in the life of any reader who is willing to follow God without reservation. "You will be inspired and encouraged as you read the stories," writes Claude V. King, coauthor with Henry Blackaby of Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God. "Th e practical principles Lonnie and Belinda have learned and shared will help you in your own walk of faith. You'll be hungry for more.
Step-by-step instructions and detailed pattern for creating a lifesize hooded merganser drake. Plus paint swatches for exact color mixing and both airbrushing and handpainting tips.
When Jesus ascended to heaven to be on the right side of the Father, He left believers a comforter or an advocate called the Paracleteor the Holy Spiritto act in defense against the wiles of Satan. In Paraclete the Advocate, author Lonnie D. Mills looks to the Word of God to show that salvation is received by grace through faith in Jesus Christs atonement, which will eventually lead to a heavenly eternal life. As Jesus was ascending to heaven, He made a difficult command to his disciples that he wanted them to be witnesses for him throughout the world, and he said they would be able to do this when the power of the Holy Spirit had come upon them. Paraclete the Advocate explains this power of the Holy Spirit and why it is important for Christians to accept the truth of the Trinity. This is a sinful world, and by faith, repentance, prayer, and guidance by the Paraclete, it is not too late to receive salvation by the free gift God provided by his Sons atoning work on the cross. Everyone can receive the free gift of justification by Gods act, whereby righteousness is restored and guilt and the penalty of sin are wiped clean. Christian believers who find scripture difficult to comprehend should pray to seek understanding and guidance from the Paraclete.
Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson offer a candid and unfiltered look at America's pastime, discussing the art of pitching, the art of hitting, and all things baseball. Full of brush-backs, walk-off homeruns, high stakes, cold stares, epic battles, and a little chin music here and there, Sixty Feet, Six Inches is a baseball fan’s dream come true, a go to guide for how the game should be played. There is no part of the sport that these two titans do not discuss at length: big picture issues like how steroids have affected the game and handling the pressure of stardom, right next to exact descriptions of the mechanics of pitching and hitting. Filled with one-of-a-kind insider stories that recall a who's who of baseball nobility, including Willie Mays, Alex Rodriguez, Hank Aaron, Albert Pujols, Billy Martin, and Joe Torre, it is an unforgettable baseball history by two of the game’s greatest superstars.
With the admittance in 1948 of Silas Hunt to the University of Arkansas Law School, the university became the first southern public institution of higher education to officially desegregate without being required to do so by court order. The process was difficult, but an important first step had been taken. Other students would follow in Silas Hunt's footsteps, and they along with the university would have to grapple with the situation. Remembrances in Black is an oral history that gathers the personal stories of African Americans who worked as faculty and staff and of students who studied at the state's flagship institution. These stories illustrate the anguish, struggle, and triumph of individuals who had their lives indelibly marked by their experiences at the school. Organized chronologically over sixty years, this book illustrates how people of color navigated both the evolving campus environment and that of the city of Fayetteville in their attempt to fulfill personal aspirations. Their stories demonstrate that the process of desegregation proved painfully slow to those who chose to challenge the forces of exclusion. Also, the remembrances question the extent to which desegregation has been fully realized.
In The Early Textual Transmission of John Lonnie D. Bell utilizes a fresh approach for assessing the character of transmission reflected in the second and third century Greek manuscripts of the Gospel of John. The textual transmission of New Testament writings in the period prior to the fourth century has been characterized by a number of scholars as error-prone, free, fluid, wild, and chaotic. This study is an inquiry into the validity of this general characterization. Since John is the most attested New Testament book among the early papyri, is the best attested in the second century, and has the highest number of papyri that share overlapping text, it serves well as a case study into the level of fluidity and stability of the New Testament text in the earliest period of transmission.
A collection of haunting tales set among the landscapes and landmarks of the Bluegrass State. Tree branches scratching at your window on a stormy April night . . . The hot, sticky oppression of a stifling summer’s day . . . November leaves rustling as a chill sneaks into your bones . . . The darkened days of winter . . . No matter what the season, it’s always a good time for a ghost story. From masterful storytelling duo Roberta and Lonnie Brown comes Spookiest Stories Ever: Four Seasons of Kentucky Ghosts, a creepy collection of tales from their home state. Featuring familiar Kentucky landmarks such as the Palace Theater and the Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville and Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, these accounts from across the commonwealth are sure to put a tingle in the reader’s spine. These notable stories, including tales of the “chime child” who can see and talk to ghosts, graveside appearances, and the Spurlington Witch of Taylor County, occur in all four seasons and come from every corner of Kentucky. An essential part of the American storytelling tradition, these ghost stories will delight those who love getting goose bumps all year long.
This book offers a first-person perspective on the institution of slavery in America, providing powerful, engaging interviews from the WPA slave narrative collection that enable readers to gain a true sense of the experience of enslavement. Today's students understandably have a hard time imagining what life for slaves more than 150 years ago was like. The best way to communicate what slaves experienced is to hear their words directly. The material in this concise single-volume work illuminates the lives of the last living generation of enslaved people in the United States—former slaves who were interviewed about their experiences in the 1930s. Based on more than 2,000 interviews, the transcriptions of these priceless interviews offer primary sources that tell a diverse and powerful picture of life under slavery. The book explores seven key topics—childhood, marriage, women, work, emancipation, runaways, and family. Through the examination of these subject areas, the interviews reveal the harsh realities of being a slave, such as how slave women were at the complete mercy of the men who operated the places where they lived, how nearly every enslaved person suffered a beating at some point in their lives, how enslaved families commonly lost relatives through sale, and how enslaved children were taken from their parents to care for the children of slaveholders. The thematic organizational format allows readers to easily access numerous excerpts about a specific topic quickly and enables comparisons between individuals in different locations or with different slaveholders to identify the commonalities and unique characteristics within the system of slavery.
The ï¬?rst full biography of the star Negro Leaguer and Hall of Famer James “Cool Papa” Bell (1903–1991) was a legend in black baseball, a lightning fast switch hitter elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. Bell’s speed was extraordinary; as Satchel Paige famously quipped, he was so fast he could flip a light switch and be in bed before the room got dark. In The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell, experienced baseball writer and historian Lonnie Wheeler recounts the life of this extraordinary player, a key member of some of the greatest Negro League teams in history. Born to sharecroppers in Mississippi, Bell was part of the Great Migration, and in St. Louis, baseball saved Bell from a life working in slaughterhouses. Wheeler charts Bell’s ups and downs in life and in baseball, in the United States, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico, where he went to escape American racism and MLB’s color line. Rich in context and suffused in myth, this is a treat for fans of baseball history.
“From ghost dogs to phantom orbs, from dead spirits visiting and avenging wraiths, there is plenty . . . to keep skeptic and believer both enthralled.” —Thomas Freese, coauthor of Haunted Battlefields of the South With its tales of benevolent and malicious specters, terrifying monsters, and unexplained phenomena, Halloween is the holiday most people associate with spooky stories. But do spirits remain hidden the rest of the year? In the rich storytelling customs of the commonwealth, the supernatural world is also connected with holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and Memorial Day. In Haunted Holidays, celebrated storytellers Roberta Simpson Brown and Lonnie E. Brown have assembled a hair-raising collection of paranormal tales for readers of all ages. The stories present many new and spooky characters, including the deceased great aunt who still rocks in her favorite chair on Mother’s Day, the young boy who made good on his promise to return a silver dollar on the Fourth of July, and even the ghost who hated Labor Day. In addition to tales of haunting, the Browns reveal many Appalachian legends and their importance to the storytelling tradition, such as the phantom bells who guide the dead to the other side, and a “chime child” born when the clock strikes midnight on Christmas Day, who is rumored to be blessed with the gift of second sight. More than a collection of ghost stories or family legends, Haunted Holidays takes readers on a fireside journey that preserves and promotes oral traditions, revealing the importance of sharing beliefs, traditions, and values with a new generation of listeners.
Do you long to discover your purpose in this world so that you can enjoy and understand life? Full of powerful poems and short, inspirational messages, The Truth or Not? encourages you to defy conventional thinking and journey down the path of spiritual recognition to find your purpose. Author Lonnie E. Pruitt urges you to realize we will forever be as one in the eyes of God. He encourages you to bring compassion back into your lives and to live in peace, loving each other as it was meant to be, sisters and brothers, no matter the color. So open your hearts allowing God's good grace to encompass you. The Truth or Not? is an answer to your most common problems, but not a quick fix. Meditating on Lonnie's words will release your thoughts, opening your mind to venture into all possibilities that will shine a brilliant light on your past, present, and future. Doing so will enable you to discover, finding that righteous path to God, a longing purpose we all search for in our lives.
What led a former United States Attorney General to become one of the world's most notorious defenders of the despised? Defending the Public's Enemy examines Clark's enigmatic life and career in a quest to answer this perplexing question. The culmination of ten years of research and interviews, Lonnie T. Brown, Jr. explores how Clark evolved from our government's chief lawyer to a strident advocate for some of America's most vilified enemies. Clark's early career was enmeshed with seminally important people and events of the 1960s: Martin Luther King, Jr., Watts Riots, Selma-to-Montgomery March, Black Panthers, Vietnam. As a government insider, he worked to secure the civil rights of black Americans, resisting persistent, racist calls for more law and order. However, upon entering the private sector, Clark seemingly changed, morphing into the government's adversary by aligning with a mystifying array of demonized clients—among them, alleged terrorists, reputed Nazi war criminals, and brutal dictators, including Saddam Hussein. Is Clark a man of character and integrity, committed to ensuring his government's adherence to the ideals of justice and fairness, or is he a professional antagonist, anti-American and reflexively contrarian to the core? The provocative life chronicled in Defending the Public's Enemy is emblematic of the contradictions at the heart of American political history, and society's ambivalent relationship with dissenters and outliers, as well as those who defend them.
This is the Prophets part of "The Word of Elohim". It's the real name for the 'Old Testament'. The Bible is really 2 "volumes" The Word of Elohim (God) and the Testimony of Yeshua. This would print out in typical book format into 4 good sized volumes. The Word of Elohim is either the 'Old Testament'-text or spoken, or the person of Yeshua (Jesus) period! So to be precise, this is the Prophets portion of the Gabriel Bible version of The Word of Elohim. So every Bible contains The Word of Elohim-the translators just don't seem to know it! The Bible is the Word of Elohim AND the Testimony of Yeshua COMBINED. (See Revelation 1:2&9) Of the verses in this version you would be hard pressed to find any verse, other than perhaps the most basic, exactly like that of any other version. My 'New Testament' is also finished. Yeshua and His followers never said anything about an 'Old Testament'. He always referred to it as either 'The Word of Elohim' (Aloha in His native Aramaic), or 'the Scriptures'.
When I read the book: 'Was the New Testament Really Written in Greek?' I learned that the ""New Testament"" was really translated from the Aramaic Peshitta into Greek. But the only modern English version available was the 1933 Lamsa-very copyright restricted. So I decided to update the 1851 Murdock / 1848 Etheridge versions into modern English. It took 5,000 hours to revise the texts, noting some very interesting differences between the Aramaic and the Greek versions. While I thought that I would find many new insights that were lost in the translation from Aramaic to Greek, I actually found more errors occurring going from Greek into English in most translations My online version has about 2,500 live links to a Greek lexicon for instant verifications. There is no wretched copyright restricting your legal usage, just a required Creative Commons License. There is a sudden interest in the Aramaic text now with several new copyrighted versions available.
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