Today’s Word
Molehill to Mountain
But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. 1 Corinthians 8:9 NASB Stumbling block – Nine miles roundtrip. Up the trail to the falls. Switchbacks. Steep elevation gains. Oh my, aches and pains. Then back down. Every step hurt. Finally on the flat trail again….
The End
who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity, 2 Timothy 1:9 NASB Sometimes Oswald Chambers just nails it. In his commentary of July 28, he pounds the point home…
Paul’s Shema (2) Rewind
So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. Romans 10:17 NASB Christ – Is it the Son’s words or the Father’s words? If you look at this verse in the King James Version, it reads, “by the word of God.” That’s because the KJV is based on the Greek Textus Receptus,…
Paul’s Shema (1) Rewind
So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. Romans 10:17 NASB Hearing – If you were Paul, the Jewish rabbi named Sha’ul, what Hebrew word would you have in mind when you wrote the Greek verb akoe (to hear)? There can only be one obvious answer – shema. But as soon…
Idolatry by Osmosis (Rewind)
but they mingled with the nations and learned their practices, Psalm 106:35 NASB Learned – In this verse, David described Israel in the 10th Century BC. He might as well have penned this line 3000 years later. Haven’t we mingled with the nations and learned their practices? Aren’t we in the same place as Israel…
Bottom of the Bottle
“It will come about at that time that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are stagnant in spirit, who say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will not do good or evil!’” Zephaniah 1:12 NASB Stagnant in spirit – Do you suppose this is a verse for alcoholics? The…
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