The Hebrew word for father, av, is the very first entry in Strong’s Hebrew dictionary – and it means far more than “dad”: founder, source, protector, the one a whole household is named after. That is what Isaiah 9:6 is reaching for with “Everlasting Father.”
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Why Is It Called Black Friday? It Wasn’t About Shopping
Why is it called Black Friday? The first recorded use, in 1951, named workers calling in sick. The shops-go-into-the-black story arrived thirty years later.
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Who Was Jezebel in the Bible? The Last Thing She Said
Who was Jezebel in the Bible? A Phoenician queen who framed a man for his vineyard. Her last words were not a plea for mercy – they were a political taunt.
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Christmas on a Budget: When the Sums Won’t Work
Christmas on a budget when the sums won’t add up: start with what’s left, learn what children actually remember, and see one detail from the first Christmas.
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Prayer for My Husband Going Through a Hard Time: Two Kinds of Burden
A prayer for my husband going through a hard time, and the two Greek words for burden in Galatians 6: the weight a wife can share, and the load only he can carry.
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New Believer Bible Reading Plan: Read One Gospel Twice
A new believer bible reading plan that reads one Gospel twice in thirty days — plus the thing in Mark 8 you cannot see on a first pass. Ten minutes a morning.
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Why Can’t I Make Myself Do Things I Know I Should?
Why can’t I make myself do things I know I should? It isn’t laziness. The you who makes the plan and the you who has to carry it out are not in the same state. Build the plan for the tired one.
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“Sit Quietly in a Room Alone”: What Pascal Actually Wrote
Pascal never wrote “problems” or “alone” – the French says all human unhappiness comes from not staying at rest in a room. His next lines say why we cannot.
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Train to Pakistan Ending Explained: The Man on the Rope
Train to Pakistan ending explained: Khushwant Singh never names the man on the rope, and never lets you inside his head. That silence is the whole point.
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Hebrews 12:1 Meaning: Not Every Weight Is a Sin
Hebrews 12:1 meaning: the verse says lay aside every weight AND the sin. Two different things. And the cloud of witnesses never saw the finish line either.