Today’s Word

Abraham and Sarah

If there is a man who takes his sister, his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the sons of their people. He has uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he bears his guilt.  Leviticus…
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Pick One

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have placed before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants,  Deuteronomy 30:19  NASB Choose – Consider the tone of Moses’ final remarks to the people.  “Witness against you,” doesn’t…
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A Sex Problem

When brothers live together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a strange man. Her husband’s brother shall have relations with her and take her to himself as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.  Deuteronomy 25:5  NASB Husband’s brother – The…
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Essence and Attribute

My strength and song is God, and this is my deliverance; This is my God, I will enshrine Him, My father’s God, I will exalt Him.  Exodus 15:2  Aryeh Kaplan Is God – The NASB translates the opening of Moses’ song like this: “The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation.”  The…
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All Saints Day

To the [a]saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.  Colossians 1:2  NASB Saints – You know, some people just have a deeper spiritual connection than most of us.  God seems to be more present to them.  That’s why we call them saints, right?  In fact, if they…
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Time Will Tell

How long, O LORD, will You forget me always?  How long hide Your face from me?  How long shall I cast about for counsel, sorrow in my heart all day?  How long will my enemy loom over me?  Psalm 13:2-3 [Hebrew]  Robert Alter How long? – We covered the Hebrew intensity of this phrase nearly…
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