Today’s Word
A Little Footnote
When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.[a] Deuteronomy 32:8 NIV Sons of Israel – Michael Heiser, author of The Unseen Realm, noted in a lecture I attended that the Masoretic text of this verse…
A Jewish View?
but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name. John 20:31 NASB Jesus is the Christ – Of course, we need to correct the theological overtones here. John is writing, by his own admission, to demonstrate that Yeshua…
A Divided Life
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.” Matthew 6:24 NASB Devoted – Yeshua spoke more about the practical realities of living than anything else. We try to turn his…
Saying Hello
Today I am on a flight home from Rome after 42 days at sea. Just saying hello, African style.
Real Freedom
So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:36 NASB Free – The world is preoccupied with freedom these days. It is current political coinage. In the West, our conception of freedom has been extended to include a doctrine of entitlements and rights no prior civilization could have imagined. Freedom is…
Getting It Right
But as for you, speak the things which are fitting for sound doctrine. Titus 2:1 NASB Sound doctrine – Just how much paradigm interpretation is involved in translating and reading this text? The Greek, hygiainouse didaskalia, could be translated “healthy instruction.” How we translate the verse depends on our assumptions about Paul’s religious affiliation. For example,…
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