Oswald Revisited

Go, ye therefore, and teach (disciple) all nations,  . . .”  Matthew 28:19 cited in Oswald Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest Teach (disciple) – My Utmost For His Highest is the most popular daily devotional in the world.  For good reason.  Oswald Chambers lived a life of righteous devotion to his Savior and his…

The Great Commission

So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”  John 20:21  NASB As the Father has sent – Mention the “Great Commission” and nearly all evangelicals will immediately cite Matthew 28:19.  “Go, therefore, . . .” is the usual translation, but as we have…

After Isaiah

For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;
And the government will [a]rest on His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.  Isaiah 9:6  NASB   AFTER ISAIAH   Can any name reveal my heart And not be stained like me? At…

The Destroyers

Most people think of elephants as cute stuffed animal toys or interesting unusual creatures in a zoo.  The truth is quite different.  Frankly, elephants are destroying the habitat of all the animals in the African wild.  The population of elephants in the area of Botswana’s Okavango delta has risen to nearly 200,000.  This is primarily…

Mental Warfare?

We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,  2 Corinthians 10:5  NASB Taking captive – If we read this verse from our typical Greek worldview, we will think Paul is another moral philosopher.  We will think…

When?

“ . . . for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”  Jeremiah 31:34  NASB I will forgive – When does God forgive?  You might answer, “At the moment you repent?”  That seems correct until we ask, “Did God forgive prior to the death of Yeshua?”  Maybe what you…

Hitting the Nail on the Head

having cancelled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us and which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.  Colossians 2:14  NASB Nailed it – In the June 18,2011 edition of Today’s Word, we examined this verse and discovered that what…