Today’s Word
Foreknowledge
For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. Romans 8:29 New Living Translation In advance – Read it carefully. The NLT is the only contemporary translation that I know that clearly implies God knows…
Detours
“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
Cease to do evil, Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Reprove the ruthless,
Defend the orphan,
Plead for the widow.” Isaiah 1:16-17 NASB Remove – What worries you? Job security? Taxes? Politics? Terrorism? Your children? Perhaps those worries need to be removed by concentrating on what God…
The Prescription for Anarchy
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes. Judges 21:25 NASB In his own eyes – “Do the right thing!” That’s our usual ethical position. But the problem is obvious. What is the right thing? We often decry Israel’s decision to demand a king. We…
Cancer in the Body (Rewind)
watching diligently that not any lack from the grace of God, that no root of bitterness growing up may disturb you, and through this many be defiled; Hebrews 12:15 (translation J. Green) Defiled – Does it seem like sometimes it’s just too much to continue on this path? Are you wearing down in your quest…
Justice as Antidote (Rewind)
Who understands the power of Your anger and Your fury, according to the fear that is due You? Psalm 90:11 NASB Power – Read the first verse of this psalm. No, not the first English verse. Read the first verse in the Hebrew text. Let me help you: tefillah le-Moshe ish ha-Elohim (A prayer of…
Shake, Rattle and Roll
He only is my rock and my salvation,
My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken. Psalm 62:2 NASB Shaken – In Hebrew, the word for “shaken” is ‘emmots. It is from the same root as the word for yoke (motsa’). Both of these words carry the imagery of a pole used as a walking stick…
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