Today’s Word
Rock of Ages
and I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades shall not overpower it. Matthew 16:18 NASB My church – What a difficult verse! What theological wars it has perpetrated! What schisms it brought to Christendom! Partly because we didn’t hear…
The Messianic Secret
Then He warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ. Matthew 16:20 NASB Warned – As a result of Nineteenth Century German criticism, the idea of the Messianic secret was born. From that point on, certain theologians began to proclaim that Yeshua never really claimed He was the Messiah. …
Accelerated Depreciation
So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Exodus 2:24 NASB Remembered – American Christianity is unique in its stress on the victorious life, its expectation of rescue at any moment, its theology of personal salvation, its assumption of assured deliverance, and its spiritualization of Kingdom battles. In…
Praise and Worship Music
O Elohim, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have related to us, the work You did in their days, in the days of old. Psalm 44:1 ISR The work You did – I must confess. I can’t hold it in any longer. The current praise and worship music drives me crazy. It sounds…
How Far?
You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD. Leviticus 19:18 NASB Neighbor – Proxy Christianity is a wonderful way to avoid the real world. It allows me to simply pay for someone else to share in…
Guarding God’s Word
Tradition is a fence for the Torah; tithes are a fence for riches, vows are a fence for abstinence; a fence for wisdom – silence. Rabbi Akiva, Pirke Avot 3:17B Fence for riches – Rabbi Akiva was one of the most famous and most adored of all the ancient rabbis. His martyrdom at the hands…
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