Today’s Word

The Shakedown

Search me, God, and know my heart; put me to the test and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there is any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.  Psalm 139:23-24  NASB Put me to the test – Does God really “test” us?  Is life an examination, a proving ground where we find out…
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The Core

Search me, God, and know my heart; put me to the test and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there is any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.  Psalm 139:23-24  NASB Anxious thoughts – Do you have them?  Anxious thoughts, I mean.  You know, those deep, dark concerns that just don’t go away. …
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Quando, Quando, Quando

Be assured, the evil person will not go unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous will be rescued.   Proverbs 11:21  NASB Will be rescued – If you’re like me you might remember the song, Quando, quando, quando.  Perhaps you never heard the original Italian version (here it is).  Of course, it’s an Italian love song. …
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Okay, Now What?

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will also be like him.  Answer a fool as his folly deserves, that he not be wise in his own eyes.  Proverbs 26:4-5  NASB 1995 Do not answer/ answer – Proverbs is instruction in piety.  It’s practical.  It’s didactic.  It’s anthropological (human) rather than divine.  “Live…
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Let’s Fix That

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God. Genesis 21:33 NASB The Everlasting God – In his article, “Genesis 21:33: A Study In the Development of a Biblical Text and Its Rabbinic Transformation,” Nahum Sarna examines several oddities found in this text.  The problems begin with the…
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The Invention of God

having cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares about you. 1 Peter 5:7 NASB Cares – If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a hundred times: the fundamental message of the Bible is “God cares.”  I believe it, but don’t ask me why.  Don’t ask because I feel what the prophets discovered. “History…
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