Today’s Word

When Is Now?

For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.”  Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.  2 Corinthians 6:2  ESV Now – “When is the day of your salvation?”  That isn’t the same as the question, “When was…
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Let the Reader Decide

“I have taken off my clothes, should I get dressed again?  I have washed my feet, should I get them dirty?  Song of Songs 5:3  Tremper Longman III Feet – Let’s get straight to the point.  Song of Songs is Hebrew erotic poetry.  It is intentionally disguised intimations of sexual pleasure and passion.  That’s the…
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Everywhere You Look

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to his edification.  Romans 15:2  NASB Please – The wonderful thing about paradigms is that they help you make sense of the world.  In fact, if you start discovering anomalies in your world–things that just don’t add up–paradigms offer useful solutions.  You can claim that…
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Beyond the Letters

And the Lord called to Moses, and spoke to him out of the Tent of Meeting, saying,  Leviticus 1:1 Hebrew World And the Lord called – Hebrew is a structural language.  What I mean is that each of the consonants are like the structural beams of a building.  They communicate in more ways than simply…
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The Cure and the Warning

From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
because of Your adversaries,
to make the enemy and the revengeful cease.  Psalm 8:2  NASB Established strength – According to Rabbi Munk, this verse teaches “that Israel’s protection from harm depends on the Torah study of its innocent children.”[1]  Don’t dismiss his comment too quickly. …
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Boqer Tov

Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
so as to cut off from the city of the Lord all those who do iniquity.  Psalm 101:8  NASB Every morning – When you walk the streets of Jerusalem as the sun rises, you are likely to say, “Boqer tov” to those you meet.  “Good…
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