Today’s Word

The Once and Future King

Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you, and will remove your lampstand out of its place – unless you repent.  Revelation 2:5  NASB Remember – Do you remember those days, the days when you first experienced the joy…
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Guilt or Consequences

Surely our griefs He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried.  Isaiah 53:4  NASB Griefs – Once more into the battle, my friends.  Unfortunately, this one will have to be complicated.  We are dealing with translation differences, midrash and motivation.  It will be a bit technical.  But I promise, in the end, it will be…
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Wooden Exegesis (2)

 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.  By his wounds you have been healed.  1 Peter 2:24  ESV Tree – Despite our examination of Peter’s motivation, that is, endurance in suffering, the claim that Yeshua died on the cross for the…
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Wooden Exegesis (1)

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.  By his wounds you have been healed.  1 Peter 2:24  ESV Tree –  (For the next few days we will dig into this verse about the cross.  The investigation will involve some technical aspects…
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Cultural Relevance

For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more.  1 Corinthians 9:19  NASB A slave to all – This verse is probably the bulwark of religious relevance.  We are taught that if we want to get the message out to the masses,…
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The Ides of March

When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when a wicked man rules, people groan.   Proverbs 29:2  NASB Groan – Does our civilization groan?  If you believe the celebrities and the politicians, you might think we are on our way back to prosperity.  But that perspective limits the meaning of success to economic factors.  A…
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