Today’s Word
Why Try?
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. Hebrews 10:36 NASB Endurance – What does endurance mean? Does it mean gritting your teeth and pushing forward? Does it mean steeling yourself to circumstances? (Did you notice the two English idioms in those questions?) Does it…
The Translator’s Note
Taking the child by the hand, He said to her, “Talitha kum!” (which translated means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). Mark 5:41 NASB Translated – Why does Mark include a translation of Yeshua’s words? The answer, of course, is that he wants his readers to know what Yeshua said. But if Aramaic were the common language…
Who Qualifies?
namely, if any man is above reproach, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of dissipation or rebellion. Titus 1:6 NASB Man – Can women be elders? The Church in general struggled with this. It read the indefinite, masculine pronoun, tis, in the context of “husband of one wife,” as though…
Stand Under
For this reason I left you in Crete, that you would set in order what remains and appoint elders in every city as I directed you, Titus 1:5 NASB Appoint – There’s a lot of confusion concerning Paul’s instruction to Titus about elders. Maybe we can clear up some of it. First, let’s remember that…
Why Do We Sin?
And the Lord said, “The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.” Genesis 18:20 NASB Sin – What is your idea of sin? Where did you learn that definition? I suspect that most of us inherit our theology of sin in the symbols, rituals and vocabulary of our…
The Assignment
The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. Genesis 2:22 NASB Brought – Why is the role of women in the family and in society so misunderstood? Why are challenges to the typical characterizations of women seen as threats? Why does…
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