Today’s Word
Acqua in Bocca
My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your glory all day long. Psalm 71:8 NASB Filled – You don’t really speak a language until you speak its idioms. If I say, “Cut to the chase” or “He kicked the bucket,” you won’t have any idea what I mean if you simply translate the phrases word…
Along the Road
I have become a marvel to many, for You are my strong refuge. Psalm 71:7 NASB Marvel – You didn’t intend to become a celebrity. You thought you’d just go about your life and mind your own business. But things happen. People see what you’ve done. They hear about your choices. They recognize your face. Suddenly, you’re…
Confident Assurance before Melanchthon
For You are my hope; Lord God, You are my confidence from my youth. Psalm 71:5 NASB My confidence – The NASB translation of Hebrew 11:1 is “ Now faith is the certainty of things [a]hoped for, a [b]proof of things not seen” (online version), but in the 1995 edition, the verse reads “ Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” You…
Heaven Can Wait
Save me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the wrongdoer and the ruthless, Psalm 71:4 NASB Save me – The first thing we should notice in the Hebrew text is that the call of the poet isn’t the first thing in the Hebrew text. The first thing is the…
Update on Malachi James Moen, born 29 July 2022
As you know, my grandson, Malachi, was born a few days ago under difficult conditions. I asked you to pray for him as he was having seizures following birth. Those have stopped. The neurologist has determined that he had a mild hematoma to part of his brain during delivery. While he appears to be responding…
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