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Speed Limit

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  Genesis 1:1 NASB In the beginning – Abraham Heschel’s two volume work, The Prophets, is undoubtedly one of the most important theological texts you can read.  It’s not simply an analysis of the message of the prophets like you would find in commentaries.  It is a tour…
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Justice Out of Balance

He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.  Psalm 103:10  NASB According to  – Is God just?  Frankly, I hope not.  Justice means the application of the law without bias.  It is personified in the famous blind lady holding the balance scales. If God blindly measures me…
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The Bipolar God

Thus My anger will be spent and I will satisfy My wrath on them, Ezekiel 5:13a  NASB Will be spent – The biblical God is in serious need of mental health counseling.  Just look at the swings of emotion He displays: Since you are precious in My sight, Since you are honored and I love you, …
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Don’t Worry, Be Happy

“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?”  Matthew 6:25  NASB Do not be worried – God worries about you.  Do…
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Law and Order

When God began to create heaven and earth—the earth being unformed and void,  Genesis 1:1-2a  Parsha: Bere’shit JPS Tagged Tanakh To create – Biblically-based religions are susceptible to a subtle but dangerous trap.  They can easily become religions of the book rather than religions of the God revealed in the book.  You and I, being familiar…
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Adverb or Noun

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,  Romans 3:23  ESV Sinned – Adverb: a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc., that is, an addition to a verb. Noun: a word (other than a…
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