Here are some thoughts worth considering . . . “Pain travels through families until someone is ready to feel it.” – Stephi Wagner, Healing the Mother Wound “For many of us, our generational ‘curse’ is avoidance. We come from people who just act like ‘it’ didn’t / doesn’t happen. But pain demands to be felt….
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. John 10:10 NASB Have life – Abundantly, that’s what we want, right? Actually, it’s even more than that, as I am sure some preacher told you. The Greek is perissōn, from the verb perisseúō, meaning “superabundant” or “beyond…
Stripped and distraught and despoiled, fainting heart and buckling knees and shuddering in all loins, and all faces lose their luster. Nahum 2:11 Robert Alter Four in One Do you know the story behind Nahum? Probably not. It’s one of those short prophetic books that get lost in the splendor of Isaiah and the woes…
Blessed be the man who trusts in the Lord, and the Lord becomes his trust. Jeremiah 17:7 Robert Alter Trusts/ trust – The NASB translates Jeremiah’s words from YHVH with pretty much the same idea, but notice that the syntax (the word order) changes. “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose trust is…
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, Titus 2:11-12 NASB Live righteously – Righteousness. What do you think that means? If righteousness is a gift from God, if it means being in right relationship with Him,…
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, Titus 2:11-12 NASB Live sensibly – Okay, first let’s be sure we read this phrase correctly. “To live” is the verb modified by all of the following adverbs (sensibly,…
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, Titus 2:11-12 NASB Worldly desires – Do you find it disturbing that Paul’s view of ungodliness (asebḗ) is paralleled with kosmikós epithymías? Reading it in translation might reduce your trepidation,…
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, Titus 2:11-12 NASB Deny ungodliness – arnéomai is the Greek verb of refusal. “‘To say no’ in answer to a question; ‘to refuse’ in relation to a claim or…
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, Titus 2:11-12 NASB Instructing – Everything you need to know about life you learn in kindergarten. It seems that God thinks that’s true too. The verb used here is…
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, Titus 2:11-12 NASB Has appeared – Why do you suppose Paul chooses this verb (epiphaínō) rather than the related but more common verb, phaínō? The common verb means almost…
