Today’s Word
Biblical Politics
Do not trust in noblemen, in mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish. Psalm 146:3-4 NASB Nobleman – The world is continuously more and more interconnected. Two years of pandemic disruption could hardly be better evidence. Our lives are intertwined with many, many others, most of…
Text and Transmission
You shall also speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If anyone curses his God, then he will bear the responsibility for his sin. Leviticus 24:15 NASB Anyone – The more you look, the more complicated it becomes. That’s how I feel after a few decades of investigating the issue of textual transmission. When I first became…
Biblical Haiku
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: Ecclesiastes 3:1 KJV A time – How do you read the Bible? Perhaps that question is far too broad. What I want to ask is this: What lens do you use when you’re reading the Bible? Do you read…
Can’t We Just Talk About It?
They quickly forgot His works; they did not wait for His counsel, but craved intensely in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. Psalm 106:13-14 NASB 1995 Quickly forgot – māhar šokḥu reads the Hebrew text, but it is hyperbole. Clearly Israel didn’t forget the works of YHVH overnight. It took decades for the…
The Disconnection Paradox
I am the vine, you are the branches; the one who remains in Me, and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. John 15:5 NASB Apart from me – On the surface, Yeshua’s claim seems patently false. Just look around. Men have accomplished amazing things apparently without any…
Tolerance with a Vengeance
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, to meet Israel in battle in order that he might utterly destroy them, that they might receive no mercy, but that he might destroy them, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. Joshua 11:20 NASB Utterly destroy – Verses like this generated the liberal view that the God of the…
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