Today’s Word

The Spice of Life

In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials.   1 Peter 1:6  NASB Various – Peter uses an interesting adjective to describe the testing of our faith.  It is the word poikilos.  It does not mean “many.”  Instead it means “of a wide…
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The Evangelical Lynchpin

who, according to His great mercy, has caused us to be born again to a living hope.    1 Peter 1:3  NASB Born again – The Greek word here is anagennesas.  This word comes from ana (again) and gennao (to beget).  This is a word that Peter made up.  It is not found anywhere else in…
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Ordinal Insanity

Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”  Matthew 8:21  ESV First – Someone called me with a personal dilemma.  “I feel as if my wife and I need to move [to another city].  But I have so much family here and they are in such need. …
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Necessary Redundancy

God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.  Genesis 1:27  NASB Male and female – What is the point of the repetition?  Wasn’t it clear enough with the first, “God created man”?  Why add the second “in the image of God He…
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