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Should we use God’s name, Yahweh, when talking about or to him?

Answered by . August 30, 2013 - 1:24 am

The divine name YHWH appears only in the Hebrew Old Testament. It appears without vowels in the Hebrew text, and is read with the Hebrew word for ‘Lord’ both by Jews and in traditional Protestant Bibles. The spelling Yahweh occurs in some Bibles like the Roman Catholic Jerusalem Bible. Yahweh is also how scholars of […]

Why does the New Testament used the name of our Lord in different forms, like “Jesus”, “Christ”, “Jesus Christ” and “Christ Jesus”?

Answered by . August 26, 2013 - 8:27 am

Sometimes, perhaps it was simply because they could function as synonymous terms, rather like referring to the current president of the United States by either their name or their role, President.1 Either way, it makes little difference at times. Although I don’t know of any specific examples, other times, perhaps, the variations were because Paul […]

Can we date Adam’s “birth”?

Answered by . August 18, 2013 - 10:06 pm 1

The questioner says: My independent study of a biblical timeline agrees with Abraham’s birth of 1946 BC. I am thrilled that there are others who support this sound date. Why have you not placed any further dates that seemingly can go back to a birth date for Adam? Another date I have seen for Abraham’s […]

Why was Simon’s name changed to Peter?

Answered by . July 29, 2013 - 8:17 am

Simon’s name was changed to Peter (Mat. 16:18) because Jesus wanted to highlight the important role Peter would have in the early church. Peter means ‘rock’, so when Jesus said ‘on this rock I will build my church’ (Mat. 16:18) he was using a pun to refer to Peter’s role as one of the strong, […]