Today’s Word

More Than Enough?

Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.  Psalm 78:25  NASB Bread of angels – If God provided you special nutrients directly from heaven’s kitchen, would you be satisfied?  Asaph calls it לֶחֶם אַבִּירִים, translated here as “bread of angels.”  But the translation is a later poetic interpolation.  The words are literally…
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Creedal Mistakes

Therefore the Lord heard and was full of wrath; and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also mounted against Israel, because they did not believe in God and did not trust in His salvation.   Psalm 78:21-22  NASB Did not believe in God – I believe in God.  But that’s a mistake.  Why?  Because when I say, “I believe…
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God’s Texting

Then they spoke against God; they said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?  Psalm 78:19  NASB Hebrew Acronyms – BTW, FYI, CYA.  We use them all the time.  Acronyms.  But did you know that the instructions about praying the Amidah in Hebrew also employ an acronym, a Hebrew acronym.  Here’s what it looks…
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A Table in the Wilderness

Behold, He struck the rock so that waters gushed out, and streams were overflowing; Can He also provide bread? Will He prepare meat for His people?  Psalm 78:20  NASB Provide – Here today, gone tomorrow.  Life often seems to follow that sort of pattern, doesn’t it?  Even the best of things pass.  I have a small heart-shaped…
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Source Code

Then they spoke against God; they said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?  Psalm 78:19  NASB A table in the wilderness –  שֻׁלְחָן, בַּמִּדְבָּר šūlḥān bamidbār.  Eighteen years ago I started writing Today’s Word.  It didn’t begin with that title.  In fact, it began with a personal email to a friend who lived…
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Life in the Tongue

And in their heart they put God to the test by asking for food [g]that suited their taste.  Psalm 78:18 That suited their taste – The Bible has a lot to say about the tongue, most of it not very pleasant.  The tongue is a source of disagreement, the power of life and death, the instrument of “binding…
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