Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. (1 Peter 3:11) The main meaning of ensue—which you've probably already guessed—is pursue, meaning to follow after, but both ensue and pursue come from the Greek word diō meaning to flee. The most interesting thing about ensue is ...
Wist-Wit-Wot: KJV Bible Word Study Series
You wist not what these words found in the KJV Bible mean, but I wot that these obscure words will make sense to you to wit after this study. Um, what did I just say? Basically, you might not know what wist, wit, and wot mean, but I know once you replace these obscure words with modern ones, you ...
Strive: KJV Bible Word Study Series
As we sit in the quiet or chaos of our days to study our King James Version Bibles, we might come across seeming contradictions in the words that are used. In one place we are told not to strive, and in another, we are told we should. So, which is it? To strive or not to strive, that is the ...
A Help Meet Like No Other: Christian Wife 101
Have you struggled as a wife looking at that proverbial glass’s vacant half without disdain? It’s a flaw I carried into my marriage and—whoa—did it clash with my husband’s chipper view. He’d be blessed wading in the half he chose to see while I tried to show him all that was missing. Despite his ...
Why I Write Out the Word of God
I’m a woman who thrives on routine. I get a thrill of accomplishment as I forge ahead and get things done. But when it came to my Bible study, this full-speed-ahead approach lacked emotional/spiritual connection and relegated it to just one more thing I could check off my To-Do list. And when I ...
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