Today’s Word
Sunburned (3)
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1 NASB Thirsts – You’re traveling across a sea but you cannot drown. This sea moves in waves but there is no…
Sunburned (2)
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1 NASB Seek earnestly – When we examined what appeared to be merely repetition in the opening phrase, we discovered some amazing…
Sunburned (1)
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1 NASB God – ʾĕlōhîm ʾēli attah. Even the opening words have some interesting implications. First, of course, is the relationship between…
In the Beginning
From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17 NASB To preach – Shall we try a new version of “in the beginning”? No, not the one in John’s cryptic prologue. That new beginning is about cosmological ideas, probably aimed at first century Gnostics…
Circumlocutions
From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17 NASB Kingdom of heaven – Of course Matthew uses “kingdom of heaven.” As an orthodox Jew he would never say “kingdom of God.” If he were a contemporary, he might write “kingdom of G_d,”…
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