Today’s Word

Willing To Know

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled by His blood 1 Peter 1:2 Foreknowledge – Do we dare peek into such a controversial topic?  Why not?  It might be fun – and illuminating.  Peter begins this thought with…
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Of Another World

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen  1 Peter 1:1 Aliens – The Greek text really says, “to the elect sojourners of the dispersion”.  The NASB changes the word order and alters some of the direct translation.  The meaning…
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Time To Leave

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen  1 Peter 1:1 Apostle – God is a verb.  He is all action.  Even His Name, blessed be He, is a form of the verb “to be”.  He is the great I…
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Animalia

male and female he created them  Genesis 1:27 Male and Female – The difference between human beings and animals is so important to our entire perspective that it cannot be overemphasized.  The world teaches that we are merely a higher evolution of animals, not distinctly different in origin or essence.   The Bible has a very…
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Stuck In The Middle With You

Hence a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, so that they become one flesh. Genesis 2:24 One Flesh – Everything important happens in the first three chapters of Genesis*.  Sometimes what’s important isn’t quite as obvious in our language, so we need to take a look at the insights of…
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Divine Arrangements

“but you shall go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.” Genesis 24:4 Take A Wife – This is not the way we do things.  Abraham seeks a wife for his son.  While we would call this an arranged marriage, as we will soon see, it’s not…
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