Today’s Word

Pass Interference

It happened in the days of Ahasuerus—that Ahasuerus who reigned over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia.  Esther 1:1  JPS It happened – Some time ago we investigated the Hebrew phrase miqreh (see Today’s Word on Ruth 2:3).[1]  It’s used for “happy accidents,” accidents that are really somehow orchestrated by the invisible…
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The Birthday Girl 

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”  Genesis 2:18  NASB To be alone – When I wrote Guardian Angel a decade ago, I wanted to correct the false claim that Paul was misogynistic.  I wanted to demonstrate that the common Christian…
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Moses and Micah

“Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the Lord’s commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good?”  Deuteronomy 10:12-13  NASB Require –…
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Transcendentally Disengaged

And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 2 Corinthians 12:9  NASB Weakness – Is God weak?  Our immediate reaction is “No!  Of course not!  God can do anything.  He…
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