The term 'Man of God' is in the Bible 156 times. Some of the most prominent people in the Old Testament were referred to as the Man of God. Who are they? The first time that the title was used (chronologically) was in Deuteronomy and it was the title given to Moses.

The man of God title was also commonly used for the Prophet Elijah (Elijah means 'my God is Jehovah' or 'Yah (U) is God'). His name is a combination of the Hebrew word #410 EL (God) and #3050 YAH which is 'LORD' and "JAH'.

The title of name of God was also used when referring to Elisha, Elijah's protege. The name Elisha is word #477 in Hebrew and it means 'God is Salvation'. The root of this name also goes to #410 EL, God.

The term man of God was also used several times referring to the ...

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There are several differences in the New American Bible Catholic Version and standard Christian Bibles. Some of the difference are very basic like the books that are included. The Catholic Bible contains additional books that the Church believed were worthy of inclusion. Here are a few of the other differences.

• The New American Bible Catholic Version is approved by the Catholic Church.
• The New American adheres more closely to the original Old Testament in terms of verse numbers. This is especially true in the Book of Psalms.
• The New American Bible has a forward that provides additional insight for interpretation and authorship of various writings.

Is one Bible superior to another? We won't try to answer that because there are over 1000 different translations of the Bible. Does anyone have it exactly right? I guess if they did there would not be 1000 or more versions.

A couple of ...

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The number of times that I read or hear someone way "this is God's word" or this is the "word of God" is substantial. Most of the time the sayer or writer is referring specifically to words written in a book, the Bible. While I agree there are some wise statements and sayings in the Bible I cannot conclude that many of the things written in there are the "word of God". In fact this irritated me so bad that I did exhaustive studies of scriptures to see if when it says God's word or word of God what specifically it was referring to. You might the results to be surprising. However, I encourage you to study the Bible and see for yourself

Before I get to some of the findings I would like to ask a question. With over a thousand different translations of the Bible how ...

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