Today’s Word
The Hopelessness Rules
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to…
Don’t Mess With Me
A jealous and avenging God is the LORD; the LORD is avenging and wrathful. The LORD takes vengeance on His adversaries, and He reserves wrath for His enemies. Nahum 1:2 NASB Avenging – Liberal theologians and atheists point to verses like this to draw a hard distinction between the God of the Old Testament and…
Birthday Day Off
So today is my birthday. Unlike last year I will not be on a plane by myself. I will be with my youngest son and my great wife enjoying a glass of red wine in Reggio Emilia. So I thought I would take the day off and savor a slower pace–for at least 1 day….
Ellul-cidate
And he left for Tarsus to look for Saul; and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And for an entire year they met with the church and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. Acts 11:25-26 NASB Christians – This confirms the beginning of the “church,” according to Christian history. Of course, there…
The Sublime Wilderness
It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.” Luke 11:1 NASB Teach us to pray – Why would the disciples ask such a foolish question? Are we to assume…
What We Really Want
“For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Genesis 3:5 NASB You will be like God– Translated in this way, the serpent’s voice strikes us as the epitome of arrogance, hubris and folly. Of course, we can’t be like…
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