Today’s Word
The Moral Outcast
My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness. Psalm 38:5 NASB Wounds/ foolishness – Umbrellas. That’s how you must think when it comes to Hebrew vocabulary. Big umbrellas. Lots of space underneath. Lots of places for words to shift and change and rearrange. And all that moving around means we might find something important in the…
Boy, You’re Gonna Carry That Weight
For my guilty deeds have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they weigh too much for me. Psalm 38:4 NASB Heavy burden – Let’s start here CLICK. In my last year at the University of Washington, before an exam I would go to the sound studio and play Abbey Road—loud! I wouldn’t think about…
Sin and Suffering
For Your arrows have sunk deep into me, and Your hand has pressed down on me. There is no healthy part in my flesh because of Your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. Psalm 38:2-3 NASB Your indignation – Look who’s responsible! If God runs the universe, then He must be the one behind…
Riddle Resolved
“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 NIV Sting – Abraham Heschel once described Christianity as a religion of death. …
Remember This
Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, and do not punish me in Your burning anger. Psalm 38:1 NASB Punish – Have you ever prayed a prayer like this? Have you reached the point, long after the Lord has redeemed you, long after you recognize your sinful condition and your desperate need for grace, where…
The Shining Path
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. Psalm 119:105 NIV Light – How about some reflective history. Let me, please, make a comment about what it’s like to write these (now) 8000+ word studies. “Today’s Word” is not your standard approach to Scripture. Yes, the theology is conservative and…
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