Today’s Word
Simple Simon
My little children, I am writing these things to you that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 1 John 2:1 NASB May not sin – Either John was delusional or he was the greatest simpleton the world has ever known. How could…
Essene Epistemology
The word of the LORD that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel; Joel 1:1 Came to – Have you received a “word from the Lord”? Have you been offered some personal instruction from God given to you by someone else? That seems to be the modus operandi of the prophets. Time and again we…
Communal Identity
“May the LORD make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel!” Ruth 4:11 NJPS Woman – Who are you? That’s the question that faces Ruth when she enters the Bethlehem community. First, she is a Moabite, a foreigner, an outsider. Even…
Mud Wrestling
“But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.” Revelation 3:4 NASB Soiled – As you may have noticed, I rarely comment on verses from the apocalypse of John. The reason is simple. Apocalyptic literature is a genre…
Time and Again
Paul, a bondservant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago, but at the proper time manifested, even His word, in…
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