A Word for the Day: Key Words from New Testament
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
The purpose of this book is to share the richness of some of the Greek words used in the New Testament and help make them practical in the reader's Christian living. Simply because words matter, the words of the New Testament matter most. And in a day when words don't seem to mean much, the need for precision in Christian doctrine and practice has never been more critical.
Each day of the year a particular Greek word is examined by first presenting a brief word study and then offering an application to make that word real for practical living. For reinforcement, each day also includes other related verses for the reader's personal study. In addition, each day's devotional suggests a few prayer concerns to help apply the truth learned that day.
Doc Watson fulfills his desire of many years to provide daily devotionals that not only contain deep spiritual truth, but also are easy to read and understand. In our day of Relativism, the absolutes of God's Word (and words) are desperately needed. These brief devotionals will enrich the mind, stir the soul, and empower the life of God's people.
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- Introduction
- Daily Readings
- Mining Bible Word Riches
- Scripture Index
- English Words Index
- Greek Words Index
Top Highlights
“Grace can, therefore, be defined thusly: Grace is the unmerited favor of God toward man manifested primarily through the person and work of Jesus Christ, apart from any merit or works of man.” (Page 44)
“‘Faith is the Christian’s foundation, hope is his anchor, death is his harbor, Christ is his pilot, and heaven is his country.’” (Page 338)
“The biblical picture, then, is that the word elder refers to the man’s character,bishop refers to his position as leader, that is, a ruler and guardian, and pastor refers to his duty of feeding God’s people (Acts 20:28).” (Page 185)
“Every Jewish rabbi was taught a trade, for as the rabbis said, ‘If you do not teach your son a trade, you teach him to be a thief.’” (Page 209)
“We must lay aside whatever we think, and then approach the Scripture to find what God says.” (Page 317)
- Title: A Word for the Day: Key Words from New Testament
- Author: J. D. Watson
- Publisher: AMG
- Print Publication Date: 2006
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Pages: 387
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Bible › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible › Language, style; Bible › Terminology
- ISBNs: 9780899576862, 0899576869
- Resource ID: LLS:WS_7EE7ADDA4DCB4BB1BA04B993B210EAF1
- Resource Type: Calendar Devotional
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T04:15:06Z
Reviews
1 rating
Andreas Roemer
3/9/2026
Here you will find a modern and insightful devotional book in the Logos library. It is quite possible to get lost in exegetical immersion in God's Word, and, to quote Psalm 119:18, it is necessary to step back and study the Bible with open eyes. This devotional book shows how to look at Greek words in such a way that the content of a Bible verse in which they appear is also filled with life and meaning. A nice example can be found in the daily title “Old Man” from March 9. For readers who are not so well versed in Greek, the references to the perfect tense or the aorist of palaios <G3820> anthropos <G444> are very instructive, and you take a lot of knowledge and a lot of God's Word with you into the day. A daily devotional that is worthwhile every day.
