Today’s Word

The Authorized Commentary

“If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.”  Mark 4:23 Hear – Instead of reading this in Greek, try reading it in Hebrew.  After all, Jesus spoke the words in Hebrew so that’s the way we want to understand them.  Of course, you don’t actually have to translate this Greek text back into…
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Version-itis

Nevertheless, hear to the word of YHWH, all Judah who are living in the land of Egypt  Jeremiah 44:26 Word of the LORD – We have a serious problem.  We don’t hear God’s words.  We read them.  That means that we must rely on a translator or a translation committee.  We aren’t in the same…
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Justification Theology

“This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the angel who was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, . .”  Acts 7:38 Congregation – Loss of the authority of God’s Word as it is written leads to re-reading the text to fit our life experience, to fit the framework…
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Doing Theology

he who does these things shall not be shaken forever  Psalm 15:5 Does  – David asks a very important question.  “Who will spend time in Your presence?”  It’s worth reading the list in Psalm 15.  You will notice one important quality about every facet of the answer.  They are all actions toward others.  Not a…
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Free

9  If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.  John 8:36 Drowning in Freedom – If Yeshua sets you free, what are you free to do?  The cultural understanding of freedom would incline you to answer, “Well, I am free to live the life I want.  I’m free to choose,…
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Open Range

“I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the…
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