those who recognize they are spiritually helpless,” is more appropriate. Before I move on, sometimes the simplest of words, like destitute, can take on a grander meaning. Destitute and a so convey the idea of being impoverished indigent poverty-stricken needy and downright poor Now ...
Certainly, the most common meaning of עַל in such a connection is "against." So, notwithstanding the weight of the versions, we feel constrained to translate, "against these persons," and not "in regard to these things." In the first place, "in" is a far less frequent meaning...
muchpreviousthoughtandstudyforitsproperperformance.Iknowthatapologiesofthissortaregenerallyconsideredflatandunmeaning.Itrust,however,thatminewillnotbesoconsidered.ShouldIseematease,myappearancewouldmuchmisrepresentme.ThelittleexperienceIhavehadinaddressingpublicmeetings,incountryschoolhouses,availsmenothingonthepresent...
The meaning entailed in this truth is staggering. As the Church has always taught, the Son of God, eternal and equal to the Father, had two births. He was born before time, and from all eternity, from God the Father (John 16:28; John 8:42.). He was born in time, as man, from...