Today’s Word

Timekeeper

There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven—  Ecclesiastes 3:1  NASB Time – Recognize this? This is the bell tower of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, perhaps better known as “The Duomo” in Florence, Italy.  As you travel all over Europe, you will find many…
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The Beach

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…
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Famously Mistaken

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.  Psalm 23:1 NASB Shepherd – This is perhaps the second or third most well-known verse in the Bible.  It comes somewhere in the group including Genesis 1:1 and Matthew 7:12.  The only problem is that we have very little comprehension of its original meaning.  It has been thoroughly converted into a…
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Kinship

“ I myself have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God.”  John 1:34  NASB Son – Listen, I don’t want to stoke the fire here.  I’m not interested in kindling another Trinitarian blaze.  But recently I read something by Joel Hoffman, a well-respected Hebrew linguist and translator, that revealed another issue in the…
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The End Game

“Take full vengeance for the sons of Israel on the Midianites; afterward you will be gathered to your people.”  Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the Lord’s vengeance on Midian.”  Numbers 31:2-3  NASB The sons of Israel – Moses is about to die. …
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Fundamentally

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth  Genesis 1:1 NASB In the beginning – Did you realize that the very first word in the Hebrew Bible has been the subject of intense theological interpretation rather than translation?  You might have noticed that something was amiss when the JPS translation (1985) reads, “When…
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