“I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she used to offer sacrifices to them and adorn herself with her earrings and jewelry, and follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” declares the LORD. Hosea 2:13 NASB Forgot – What’s a “Forget Me Not”? Do we need a picture to remind…
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Woe to those who say to evil, good; and to good, evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Isaiah 5:20 (KJV) Evil/Good – What characterizes the ethics of the world more than this? “Evil is good, good is evil.” At some level, most…
“And I say to you, that every careless word that men shall speak, they shall render account for it in the day of judgment.” Matthew 12:36 (NASB) Careless – Two stories capture the picture. The first comes from my childhood. I remember the day that I read one of those Christian comic book tracts. Its…
Strength and dignity are her clothing and she smiles at the future. Proverb 31:25 (NASB) Clothing – Paul might have instructed all of us to put on the new man like a new suit of clothes, but Lemuel’s mother knew how to dress a woman. The best dressed woman in God’s creation is clothed with…
Who understands the power of Your anger and Your fury, according to the fear that is due You? Psalm 90:11 NASB Power – Read the first verse of this psalm. No, not the first English verse. Read the first verse in the Hebrew text. Let me help you: tefillah le-Moshe ish ha-Elohim (A prayer of…
“So, then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” Matthew 12:12 (NASB) To Do Good– Did you realize that every controversy in the gospels over Sabbath-keeping involves healing except the one incident of husking grain in the field. Doesn’t that seem remarkable? If there is any activity that demonstrates the goodness of God,…
The sovereign rejoices in Your strength, O YHWH; and how greatly he exults in Your deliverance! Psalm 21:1 (Institute of Scripture Research) In Your strength – Politicians of all flavors seem to think of themselves as royalty. They act as if they hold exalted offices, exempting them from common decency (and common sense). In contrast,…
