Today’s Word
Out of the Garden
“The Spirit of the LORD God is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to prisoners; . . .” Isaiah 61:1 (and Luke 4:18 with modifications) NASB Sent – The…
What Word Would You Choose?
So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. Genesis 3:23 NIV Banished – Most of us develop our theology from visual imagery. We think of the Garden as an idyllic place and the expulsion from the Garden as something utterly tragic. Notice…
A Woman’s Doxology
For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. 1 Corinthians 11:7 NASB Glory – What an exegetical disaster we have made of Paul’s off-hand remark! What nonsense, what heresy we have perpetrated upon women as a…
Corrupting God’s Image
I said, “You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High, nevertheless you will die like men, and fall like any one of the princes.” Psalm 82:6-7 NASB Fall – Why do we fall? Unless we know the conditions of our demise, we may never recognize the traps that corrupt God’s…
Not Human
And Elohim said, “Let them swarm the waters a swarm of life . . .” Genesis 1:20 (my translation) Swarm – Genesis 1:20 describes God’s formation of the life of the sea and the air and everything that creeps on the earth. We take it for granted that these creatures are distinctively different from human…
Exchange Rate
And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. Revelation 21:21 NASB Gold – You’ve heard the advertisements, I’m sure. “In a volatile economy, gold is your only real safety net.” “Gold! It has never been worth nothing. Experts say it may even double in the next years.” “Gold is security in…
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