Will You do wonders for the dead? Will the shades arise and acclaim you? Selah. Psalm 88:11 (Robert Alter translation) Wonders – When is it too late? When does the power of the Lord cease to be effective? When you’re dead! Death ends it. As the Korahites sang, we can cry out to the Lord…
For man is born for trouble, as sparks fly upward. Job 5:7 NASB \Trouble – Where do you like to vacation? The mountains? The beach? All those idyllic photos in travel magazines of beautiful blue water and white sand. Colorful umbrellas above nicely padded lounge chairs with a cold beverage close at hand. Warm days and…
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. Romans 8:18 NASB Are not worthy to be compared – Paul suffered. The disciples suffered. Yeshua suffered. In fact, most of the great religious leaders, prophets, and teachers suffered. It really…
For man is born for trouble, as sparks fly upward. Job 5:7 NASB Born for trouble – Nihilism: “the rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless.” Or so it seems. “Not to be born is the best of all things for those who live on earth, and not to gaze on the radiance of the…
Will You do wonders for the dead? Will the shades arise and acclaim you? Selah. Psalm 88:11 (Robert Alter translation) Wonders – When is it too late? When does the power of the Lord cease to be effective? When you’re dead! Death ends it. As the Korahites sang, we can cry out to the Lord…
For man is born for trouble, as sparks fly upward. Job 5:7 NASB Trouble – “Don’t give me yours. I have enough of my own.” That’s right. Each one of us has enough trouble to last us all the days we live. It’s just part of being in this world. Don’t’ believe it? Try this….
