Today’s Word
Grammatical Theology
Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith. Habakkuk 2:4 ESV By his faith – Paul made this verse one of the most important citations in the New Testament when he quoted the prophet Habakkuk as the summary of the letter to the…
What’s Next?
“who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life” Luke 18:30 ESV Age to come – While the ESV renders the Greek aion as “age,” the Hebrew idiom is more likely ‘olam ha’ba, the “world to come.” The rabbis contrasted this with the ‘olam hazeh, the…
Old Time Religion
I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. 2 Timothy 1:3 ESV As did my ancestors – Sometimes the smallest phrases require the greatest attention. In this introduction to his letter to Timothy, Paul makes an almost parenthetical…
Rest and Protection
And in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. Romans 8:26 NASB Intercedes – Paul’s word for intercedes is a very special word that he made up just to…
Visible Belief
And Yeshua seeing their faith said to the paralytic, “My son, your sins are forgiven.” Mark 2:5 (Tim Hegg translation) Seeing – “The very fact that Yeshua is described as ‘seeing their faith’ is indicative of how the Apostles defined faith. Faith simply could not exist as a hidden thought in the heart. Believing and…
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