Today’s Word

The Wise Craftsman

“Now I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, endowed with understanding, the son of a Danite woman and a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone and wood, and in purple, violet, linen and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to execute any design which may be assigned to…
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Prophet, Priest, Rabbi

“Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you on knowledge and understanding.” Jeremiah 3:15 NASB Shepherds– Please don’t consider me a teacher. I’m not up to the task.  I’m just an investigator, someone who explores the connections between culture and Scripture.  I just am curious about things and I see all sorts of relationships…
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Strait-jackets

“Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorposts.  For he who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord.”  Proverbs 8:34-35  NASB Finds me– In the famous eighth chapter of Proverbs, Wisdom speaks.  Actually, Woman Wisdom speaks. The gender is specific and important.  According to Woman Wisdom, YHVH created all that…
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Re-education

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching; indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head and ornaments about your neck. Proverbs 1:8-9  NASB Hear– “Over time, early and necessary (and sometimes life-saving) defensive maneuvers and coping strategies evolve into ‘patterns’ of thinking, feeling, and behaving. These patterns come to operate like ‘organizing…
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Battery Life

 Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He will do it. Psalm 37:5  NASB He will do it– It wasn’t supposed to be like this.  All this study. All this investigation, debate, dialogue.  All this struggle to align with the perspective of the author and audience when reading God’s word.  We weren’t supposed to…
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Sincerely Yours,

“Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.  Joshua 24:14  NASB Sincerity – Are you sincere?  Ah, your answer could depend on your heritage.  The meaning of “sincere” seems to vary even in contemporary cultures.  Trilling notes: “In…
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