The Apostolic Writings: Divinely Inspired Scripture or Corruption of Man
This paper was written for a final exam for Tim Hegg’s class How We Got Our Bible at Torah Resource Institute and submitted on November 29, 2020.
Articles by Elizabeth Marchman
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Defining Beauty
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. ~John 3.16 I collect memories, snapshots of life frozen in time…
Shadowing the Actions of Yeshua
This is a final paper I submitted on March 19, 2020 for Rob Vanhoff’s class Studies in Torah at Torah Resource Institute. The paper is based on a presentation Rob gave and can be purchased…
A Life Altered: a conversation between two women
Behold, children are a blessing from the Lord. The fruit of the womb is a reward.Like armies in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth.-Psalm 127:3 “What am I going…
Isaiah 11.1-5
This was a project I submitted as a final on March 2, 2022 for my second quarter Hebrew Syntax class with instructor Tim Hegg. At the end of the translations and exegesis on this passage,…
Truth in Love
Sanctify them in Your Truth; Your Word is Truth. ~ Yeshua Our lives are always in flux; things are always changing and shifting, often demanding a conforming to some thing or some idea or some…
Fractals and Truth and Nietzsche
This is a paper I wrote for my final exam for Tim Hegg’s class Differing Worldviews: An Introduction to Philosophy at Torah Resource Institute submitted on March 16, 2021.
Unaswered Prayers
I cried aloud to Adonai, and He answered me from His holy mountain. ~ Psalm 3.4 Unanswered Prayers. There aren’t any. Not even one. From that position on your knees, the floor soaking up your…
A Time for Yeshua
There is an appointed time for everything.And there is a time for every event under heaven —A time to give birth and a time to die;A time to plant and a time to uproot what…
Questions for the Truth Seeker
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of…
The time has come…
Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you…
Let Them Eat Cake
I’ve never been one to pay any mind to movie stars or the ridiculous out-of-touch-with-reality things they utter. I have seen the political rants of Meryl Streep and her gaggle of elitist sycophants. They are…
An Open Letter to the World
The grass withers, the flower fades,When the breath of the Lord blows upon it;Surely the people are grass.The grass withers, the flower fades,But the word of our God stands forever. ~ Isaiah 40.7-8 Dear Depraved World, When I was a…
Rhythms
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then…
Peace in the Chaos
Be still and know that I am Elohim ~ Psalm 46.10 In a world that is filled with chaos and despair that flows over into our homes and our hearts leaving us unsettled. In a…
Writing Words
Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is Yeshua Messiah whom you serve. ~ Colossians 3.23-24 I fear my writing…
Your Sin, My Sin, and Yeshua
How Beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!” ~ Isaiah 57.2 We…
Purging the Leaven
Search me, O God, and know my heart!Try me and know my thoughts!And see if there be any wicked way in me,and lead me in the way everlasting!~ Psalm 139:23-24 Passover is a mere four…
Tumbling Over a Waterfall
Trust in Adonai forever, for Adonai Elohim is an everlasting rock.~ Isaiah 26:4 A few years ago, my husband wanted to raft down the river. I am not a thrill seeker; white water rafting is…
Learning the Art of Prayer
But Adonai is in His Holy Temple.Let all the earth keep silence before Him.Habakkuk 2:20 My prayer life has evolved in ways I could never have imagined it would. I do not remember the first…
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The Monster called Arrogance
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,but only in expressing his opinion.~ Proverbs 18:2 Rarely a day goes by that I do not see it – a calling out of someone publicly. The topics vary,…
No. Evil doesn’t just happen.
“For the eyes of Adonai move to and fro throughout the earth thatHe may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.2 Chronicles 16:9 On June 13, 2016, the day after the Orlando Pulse nightclub…
Secrets and Stolen Glances and Forgiving You
They said I should forgive you; their reasons were vast enough to fill the space of an ocean. But no matter the reason, the advice always ended the same: so I could get over it,…
The Things Not Said
When I was in high school, somehow you conned me into taking Business Law. I am certain you said something about it being practical, but it probably came out as,“If you had any sense, you’d…