Today’s Word
It’s What You Know That Counts
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 NASB Acknowledge– I’m not sure this particular rendition of yādaʿ really captures what we need to know (ah, a pun). yādaʿ is the verb translated “acknowledge,” but “acknowledge” seems too weak. After all,…
The Non-Answer
Then Job answered the Lord and said, “I know that You can do all things, and that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted. ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.” ‘Hear, now, and I will speak; I will ask You,…
The Real Stumbling Block
“Though he piles up silver like dust and prepares garments as plentiful as the clay, He may prepare it, but the just will wear it and the innocent will divide the silver. Job 27:16-17 NASB Though – It’s a simple conjunction, ʾim—“if, not, whether, since.” It’s used hundreds of times. Context has to determine the meaning. But no matter which one…
Living in the Moment
And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.Genesis 2:25 NASB Not ashamed– We like to think that before the Fall the world was perfect. There was no sin. Human beings (only two of them) lived in the Garden of delight. Everything was wonderful. In fact, we think if we could just get…
Biblical Body Building (Rewind)
On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty. 1 Corinthians 12:22-23 ESV Unpresentable parts– Paul’s body analogy contains some rather embarrassing implications. First, Paul…
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