and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two; all the people of the house of Jacob, who came to Egypt, were seventy. Genesis 46:27 NASB Seventy – Recently we looked at the role of scholarly biblical criticism as a way of examining the development of our Bibles. I though you might like…
All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; 2 Timothy 3:16 NASB By God – Text and transmission. It seems as if the crucial issue about the authority of the Bible comes down to these two words. Who wrote it and how did it come to us? …
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. There on the poplars we hung our harps, for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a foreign land? …
Then God said, “Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth.” Genesis 1:26 NASB God said – “How can…
but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; for they cannot even die anymore, for they are like angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. Luke 20:35-36 NASB Neither marry – Luke conveys Yeshua’s comment about life in…
You have enclosed me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me. Psalm 139:5 NASB 1995 Behind and before – Remember that interesting idea of engineered accidents (yesterday)? Well, there’s another implication to the suggestion that God’s invisible hand is maneuvering your life into kairos moments. We looked that this further implication several years ago. Perhaps…
This will probably get me banned, but it needs to be said. The Solution There is a biblical solution to the inhumanity of Hamas—although no one will talk about it and no politician has the fortitude to enact it. But before we actually voice the biblical solution, we must acknowledge some facts that are also…
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Jesus wept. John 11:35 NASB Wept –Perhaps you’ll need to remind yourself of the crucial difference between the two Greek words for weeping before you continue. Here’s the link (CLICK). “What’s wrong with him?” “Hey, not so loud. Don’t let him hear you?” “Okay, okay, but I don’t get it. Why is he so calm? It’s not normal. He loved him, but we…
To Titus, my true son in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. Titus 1:4 NASB Christ Jesus our savior – Wait a minute! Didn’t we just look at the first three verses and conclude that God alone is the savior of His people? Isn’t that what Paul said when he wrote…
