Today’s Word
Raucous Melodies
Sing the glory of His name; Make His praise glorious. Psalm 66:2 NASB Sing – What to do after shouting. Sing. Ah, you remember? We started with rūaʿ (shout). We yelled out the battle cry of God and heard the earth echo our cry. We jumped on the tidal wave, undulated with the earthquake, sizzled…
Bells and Whistles
Shout joyfully to God, all the earth; Psalm 66:1 NASB Shout joyfully – Did you know that this word (rūaʿ) is most typically used for a battle cry, an alarm in war? Oh, it’s also about praise, the shofar, exultation, and making a lot of noise, but most of the time it’s about war cries. …
New Year’s Resolutions: Biblical Style
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 NASB Discipline – Now, it’s the day after. The Western world’s day of resolutions is over. Back to the routine. But the real resolutions that should govern our lives in this new (Roman) year aren’t like the…
Resolving to Fail
When you are in distress and all these things have come upon you, in the latter days you will return to the Lord your God and listen to His voice. Deuteronomy 4:30 NASB All these things – The myth of eternal return is upon us. In the Western world, we start again. We finish the past cycle and hope for…
The Final Choice
A perverse heart shall depart from me, I will know no evil. Psalm 101:4 NASB I will know – End of the Roman calendar year. Most people are making some sort of resolution. Usually these last but a short time and the ordinary routine returns. Most resolutions are statements of positive self-improvement. I have a…
A Collection
Maybe over the years I have provided some pithy words worth remembering. As we approach the end of this year, I thought you might like a short collection: To give God glory is to second His thoughts. That means bringing my mind into alignment, acting according to His opinions. That means setting aside my own…
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