Today’s Word

Audience Involvement

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you, I will also help you, I will alsouphold you with My righteous right hand.  Isaiah 41:10  NASB Also – Let’s make sure we understand the context.  Isaiah 41:8 provides it.  “But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I…
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Double Wanderers

And not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not prepare its heart and whose spirit was not faithful to God.  Psalm 78:8  NASB Not prepare/ not faithful – Erica Brown makes a damning point about the ex-slaves in the wilderness: “The circuitousness of the journey is attributed to the moral and faith…
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Mystical Explanations

You will bring them and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance,  Exodus 15:17a  NASB You will bring them – What do you do with a text that has grammatical oddities?  Well, you could chalk it up to transmission error.  Copyists make mistakes and mistakes are handed on as if they were part of the original. …
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Six Feet Under

“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”  Psalm 23:4  Woman’s Day Death – After that rant about Deuteronomy 31:8 you’re probably wondering why I would ever decide to pick another “out of…
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What Context?

“The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”  Deuteronomy 31:8  NIV Woman’s Day Leave you nor forsake you – Feeling discouraged today?  Some persistent problems?  Some new stress? The usual ups and downs of life?  I…
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