Today’s Word

The Un-Beatitude

“Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”  Matthew 25:34  NASB Blessed – If you turn to the Beatitudes in Matthew 5, you will find that each one begins with the Greek word makarioi.  This word should not be translated “blessed are” since…
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The Evangelical Mantra

Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”  John 3:3  NASB Born again – By now most of us realize that the translation “born again” is neither proper Greek nor reasonable Hebrew.  A good English Bible will at least…
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The Longer Road

Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near; for God said, “The people might change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt.”  Exodus 13:17  NASB Change their minds – Does the way that…
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The Thin Red Line (2)

For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross, through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven.  Colossians 1:19-20  NASB Before we get started today, I wanted…
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The Thin Red Line (1)

For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.  Leviticus 17:11  ESV Blood – Christian apologists often claim that the blood of Christ shed on the cross…
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