Today’s Word

Sons

“love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you; in order that you may be sons of you Father” Matthew 5:44-45 Sons – Why does Yeshua ask us to sacrifice ourselves for those who hate us or pray for those who seek to harm us?  Did you think he was promoting a “higher” morality?  Was he…
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Theological Geography

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distresses. Psalm 107:6 Distresses – There’s safety in the desert.  Oh, yes, we know that the desert is an uninhabitable place.  It is a place of wild animals, danger and potential death.  But God is in the desert –…
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Exegetical Nightmares

And says YHWH, “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children because they are no more.” Jeremiah 31:15 NASB Weeping – Now read Matthew 2:18.  It reads almost the same, doesn’t it?  But there are some changes, and the…
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Comfort Food

and indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 2 Timothy 3:12 Will Be Persecuted –  In Greek, the verb is dioko.  It’s about pursuit.  In this context, it means that we who are followers of the King will be pursued with a vengeance.  But the same verb also means…
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In The East

“I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near; a star shall come forth from Jacob, a scepter shall rise from Israel . . .” Numbers 24:17 Come Forth – Balaam was not the best among the prophets.  His story reads with a touch of humor and pathos.  But when it comes…
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Name

“and there is salvation in on one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 Name – The declaration of Peter is not as shocking today as it was in first century Palestine.  Peter’s announcement was pure heresy; blasphemy of…
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