Today’s Word
Personal Context
“and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” John 8:32 NASB Know the truth – It seems that every once in awhile we need to review our investigative methods. We need to take a step back and ask ourselves if the way we go about examining the Scriptures leads us to a place…
Loopers
He returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is not there; as for me, where am I to go?” Genesis 37:30 NASB Is not there – The translation reads the way we expectit to read, but that isn’t what the verse actually says. In Hebrew it reads, einenu, that is “he is not.” Of course,…
In Translation
Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, Jeremiah 1:4 NASB The word of the Lord – By now, I hope, we know that Hebrew is messy. Many of the sentences in the biblical text have multiple levels of meaning, are subject to nuances that cannot be captured in English (or any other language) and act more…
Fig Leaf Fashion
Just some entertainment today. On the left, Man at origin. On the right, Man at completion. But fig leaf fashion never seems to go out of style. 🙂 A ceiling in Spoleto, Italy, for those who need to know. ANNOUNCEMENT: The first weekend in November I will be speaking at the NCS retreat in upstate…
Abraham – David – Hebrews – Solomon
With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what is precious to him; surely every man is a mere breath. Selah Psalm 39:11 NASB Precious– Do you suppose that David took a page from the life of Abraham, and that the author of Hebrews borrowed the same page from the life of…
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