Today’s Word
Law of the Land
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever; the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. Psalm 19:9 (Hebrew World translation) Judgments – It is simply impossible for us to understand all of the decisions God makes. At some level, continued exploration and pleading demands for God to justify Himself border…
Mrs. Malaprop
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever; the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. Psalm 19:9 (Hebrew World translation) Clean – The comic figure, Mrs. Malaprop, from the play, The Rivals, has become a shorthand expression for the misuse of words. “She might reprehend the true meaning of what…
Integrity of the Text
The last days have begun. God, through his Son, has fully revealed his nature, and his purpose which stretches back through the prophets to creation. Hebrews 1:1-2 (Ellingworth translation) Have begun – Read almost any standard translation of this verse. None of them will be like Ellingworth’s translation. The crucial differences are the rearrangement of…
Cancer in the Body
watching diligently that not any lack from the grace of God, that no root of bitterness growing up may disturb you, and through this many be defiled; Hebrews 12:15 (translation J. Green) Defiled – Does it seem like sometimes it’s just too much to continue on this path? Are you wearing down in your quest…
Don’t Fence Me In
“Is it permissible to heal on the Sabbath?” Matthew 12:10 (NASB) Permissible – The Sabbath is a day of rest, an honoring of God’s creative effort and a fulfillment of His ordinance for our own good. But every Jew knew that the commandment concerning the Sabbath was part of a hierarchy of commandments, some of…
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