The Trees Of The Bible Speak To Us Today

Born in Prenter, West Virginia, Diana Risher has made southeast Mississippi home since 1957. A graduate of Rhodes College (Memphis, Tennessee), Diana also studied at the Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia, and earned her MA in Biblical Studies from Reformed Theological Seminary (Jackson, Mississippi). After moving to Mississippi, Diana served as Director of Christian Education at First Presbyterian Church in Laurel. She taught elementary school, choral music, and Bible survey in Heidelberg, Mississippi until her retirement in 1990. As a member of Heidelberg Presbyterian Church (PCA) Diana has taught Sunday School, weekly Bible studies and directed the choir for 47 years. Widowed and the mother of two sons, she resides at Lake Eddins in Pachuta, Mississippi. You may contact her at: mailto: [email protected]

The Bible talks about trees more than any living creation other than people. In this groundbreaking walk through Scripture, a former physician and carpenter makes the convincing case why trees are essential to every Christian's understanding of God.

Many people are always trying to understand spiritually, and ways to draw closer to God, especially in these trying times. This book is able to give perspectives on the value of praise and worship, and how to improve one’s relationship with God. It is not about what, or how one thinks about you, it’s all about your personal relationship with God, which many would not understand. This book talks about the different ways of praising and worshiping the Creator; and some of the many benefits that can be achieved from our praise. Once one tap into that mode of praising God, the discovered benefits are indescribable.

The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.

THE LSV IS FINALLY HERE: A BRAND NEW, LITERAL, EASY-TO-READ TRANSLATION OF THE COMPLETE HOLY BIBLE—BOTH OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. This is the first edition of the LSV available for Google Play. The LSV is published by Covenant Press, the publishing arm of the Covenant Christian Coalition. *A modern, literal, word-for-word (formal equivalence) English translation of the Holy Scriptures utilizing English word rearrangement when necessitated for readability. The LSV is the most literal translation of The Holy Bible, with significant improvement over previous literal translations, including Robert Young’s excellent Young’s Literal Translation. *Preservation of verb tenses wherever possible. *Utilization of the transliterated Tetragrammaton in the Old Testament. All uppercase LORD is used in the New Testament when a reference to YHWH is likely. *Removal of many Hebrew and Greek transliterations; remember, transliterations are generally not translations. *Unlike most translations, justified typographic alignment consistent with the style of the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek biblical autographs. The ancient caesura mark is used for easy readability of poetic literature such as the Psalms. *Inclusion of the verses found in older English translations such as the King James Version (KJV) that are not found in many modern translations; and inclusion of the alternative LXX Genesis chronology set next to the MT. These are contained within bolded double brackets for distinction. *Capitalized pronouns and other nounal forms when referring to God, Christ, or the Holy Spirit. References to the Messenger of the LORD are also capitalized when the subject appears to be a clear reference to God or the Messiah (as found in translations such as the NKJV). The goal of any good translation is to produce a readable text that preserves the original autographic meaning and comes as close as possible to translating, word-for-word, manuscripts that accurately represent the original writings. It’s with this goal in mind that the Literal Standard Version (LSV) was written—a modern, yet literal English translation based upon the most prolific texts: the Masoretic Text (MT) for the Old Testament and the Textus Receptus (TR) and Majority Text (M) for the New. However, in certain, specific instances other manuscript versions and text-types are used where the evidence seems incontrovertible (e.g., the LXX and DSS in the Hebrew and Aramaic; the Alexandrian in the Greek). ANOTHER TRANSLATION, WHY? There have been a slew of new English translations in the past half-century, which may cause some to wonder why the need for another. The translators agree with the premise that different translations can serve different demographics and different reading levels to maximize exposure to God’s word. In this sense, the LSV is not a competitor to other excellent translations, but is complimentary. As the most literal modern English translation, the LSV is an excellent resource for deep and thoughtful Bible study and research, essentially an interlinear in terms of word-for-word translation, but arranged with English sentence structure.

Two Trees Revealed exposes in stunning clarity what drives us. Each and every day, we choose to do things based on which has the final say in our lives: life or death. Just as Adam and Eve had a choice between the Tree of Life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, so we too make that choice. Will we be a slave to our knowledge of good and evil or will we serve Christ? Two Trees Revealed takes each and every person who has chosen life through Christ on an enlightening journey back to their beginnings. Many started out well only to find themselves depressed, anxious and burned-out. Some who entered full-time ministry would leave if they could. Others find sin has power over them in ways they would have never imagined possible. In her heart-to-heart, contemplative style, Carolyn Ct takes her readers on an unlearning path through three gardens. Garden One reveals why our knowledge of good and evil leads to death. Garden Two takes us through the Bible in search of others who have relied on their knowledge of good and evil over Christ. Finally, Garden Three settles us at the feet of Christ, the Tree of Life, where we can truly find life. So Jesus said to them again, The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. John 10:10 NASB