Today’s Word

Beginning Again

January 1  In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.  Genesis 1:1 Beginning Again In The Beginning – Let’s begin by doing some mental stretching.  You’ve had a nice vacation.  You’ve had some rest.  You have the day off.  Now put your mind to work. Something deep is happening here.  Something very deep. …
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Closing Statement

Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD, Isaiah 1:18 Let Us Reason Together – Perhaps on this day, the last day of the year, you will allow me a little personal reflection.  This day is the 2191st day of Today’s Word.  Six years ago when I started writing this daily journey into God’s Word…
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Over The Rainbow

And as He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. John 9:1 From Birth – Healing a man who has become blind is miraculous, but healing a man who was born blind is even more amazing.  In order to see just how amazing this account is for first century Jews, we need to…
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Heavy Attitudes

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome. 1 John 5:3 Burdensome – It’s a real dilemma, isn’t it?  John, under the inspiration of the Spirit, tells us that the summation of God’s love is found in keeping His commandments.  He doesn’t say keeping the…
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Hebrew Poetry

YHWH is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.  I seek refuge in Him; He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. Psalm 18:3  (Hebrew text) Rock – If you looked at this psalm in the Hebrew text, you would see something unusual (for us, at least).  The letters…
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Dynamic Equivalence

They return, but not upward, they are like a deceitful bow; Hosea 7:16 Upward – There are basically two schools of thought about translation.  One is called literal translation.  It is an attempt to render one language into another on a word-for-word basis.  With literal translations, I am able to work backwards from the translated…
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