Ezra Project Blog

Exploring God's Word in its original language.

Skirtao – Exuberant Joy

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.  (Luke 1:41) Last Sunday our pastor lit a pink candle.  As

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Chrestos – The Easy Yoke

For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.  (Matthew 11:30) We live in a culture of overload. Alarm clocks go off, phones ring, emails and texts pile up. 

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Adialeiptos – Perpetual Motion?

Pray without ceasing. (1 Thessalonians 5:17) The apostle Paul was never shy about issuing impossible demands.  Take the trio of compact commands he gave in 1 Thessalonians 5: Rejoice always.

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Baros – Overloaded!

Bear one another’s burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ. (Galatians 6:2 NASB) On June 6, 1944, over 13,000 paratroopers dropped out of the sky into the French countryside

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