Today’s Word
Thought Control (Rewind)
Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. James 4:4 NASB Wishes – “But, I’m not a friend of the world!” you complain. “This scripture isn’t about me. I believe in Jesus.” Well, maybe we need to carefully examine the Greek here. The translation “wishes” doesn’t exactly capture what James…
Aristotle’s Influence
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 NASB In the beginning – We just can’t get away from the opening verse, can we? Genesis 1:1 stands as a clarion call for everything that’s different about the Hebrew worldview. Not only does it soundly deny all of the opening ideas of…
Seduced!
But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ. 2 Corinthians 11:3 NASB Led astray – “Everyone’s human. I just made a mistake!” That might be the conclusion we draw from the translation “led astray.” After…
God’s Delivery System (by Rodney Baker)
“It shall be that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there.” 1 Kings 17:4 NASB I have commanded – Many years ago I worked in an automotive assembly plant here in my hometown of Adelaide. It was originally built by Chrysler (Australia) but in the…
No Surprise Translation
Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning. Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time—for strength and not for drunkenness. Ecclesiastes 10:16-17 NASB Lad/nobility – The genre of wisdom literature in Scripture often includes observations…
Paying Attention
“‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.” Matthew 22:32 NASB The living – “Scarcely anywhere else on earth has the mystery of death so moved and fascinated people as in the valley of the…
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