Hi Noah! @noah-cochran

There used to be a tradition of studying the masters when it comes to art.  I think some of the same principles apply to studying authors who do fight scenes well.

One of the authors I think does this in a spectacular way is Louis L’Amour. [Yes, the western writer]  What many do not know is that the man wrote many of his c…[Read more]

Hi Tenshi, (@tenshichispa)

There can be a number of factors related to what may

Sometimes a poetic allusion can be obscure or not be as accessible from culture to culture.  This may be related to limited exposure through education, or background.  Some professors in colleges and universities may go off and do their own thing, or pluck out s…[Read more]

Hello there, Rose! (@rose-colored-fancy)

First off, I have a few questions that may seem unrelated, but I will tie them back in after asking.

What kinds of books have you been reading for fun, lately?

What kinds of books have you been reading for research (story related) lately?

What kinds of TV or movies have you been binging on lately, if…[Read more]

For any of you who have at least two small children, you know that when the two siblings get into a dispute each one tries to outrun the other to get to the parent first to deliver their version of the conflict before the other gets to weigh in.

They do this because the kids know that the first to tell their version too often becomes the lens of…[Read more]

Hi, Noah (@kingdomfire7),

Many of you may think I am being hard on Lona.  I figure she is tough enough to have a debate where she and I both have some passion without letting that debate sour into true animosity for one another.  I have no such ill will toward Lona (@lonathecat), even though I may make her uncomfortable in my probing into her b…[Read more]

Hi Noah (@noah-cochran),

I do compare versions regularly.  Check out the online Blue Letter Bible which has a selector giving access to all versions including the Textus Receptus and KJV.

Each verse has a Bibles link that shows a linear comparison of verses in each of the prominent translations.  There is also an Interlinear which is c…[Read more]

Good morning Noah (@noah-cochran),

Here is the passage containing an example of a deaconess:

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deaconess of the church at Cen’chre-ae, that you may receive her in the Lord as befits the saints, and help her in whatever she may require from you, for she has been a helper of many and of myself as well. [Romans…[Read more]

Lona (@lonathecat)

Here’s what makes me wonder about these things:

Typically one who considers themselves to be “woke” or a political “progressive” has a victim mentality worldview where they believe anyone who disagrees with them is “persecuting” them.  This seems to be manifesting in you, so I wonder about the lens through which you view the…[Read more]

Here’s the (More on that later)

I am probably about 30 years older than most of you guys and gals.  I was born during the Vietnam war, back when the modern perversities had not taken as much hold on American culture, though there were the drug culture elements beginning the moral decline.  Most of us still went to church and honored God’s day by…[Read more]

Lona (@lonathecat),

I deliberately wait several days between responding to this thread to ensure that I don’t just respond in the heat of an argument, but that I think through what I say and how to approach this topic.  It is planned pacing and there have been some very deliberate statements that I have made because I sensed where this…[Read more]