A Picture A Day
Padova, Italy
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Priorities
One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate in His temple. Psalm 27:4 One Thing – What is the most important thing in life? What…
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Prioridades
Una cosa he pedido al SEÑOR, y ésa buscaré: que habite yo en la casa del SEÑOR todos los días de mi vida, para contemplar la hermosura del SEÑOR, y para meditar en su templo. Salmos 27:4 Una Cosa – ¿Cuál es el cosa más importante de tu vida? ¿Cuál debería ser la meta máxima…
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El Corazón del Tema
No penséis que he venido para abolir la ley o los profetas; no he venido para abolir, sino para cumplir. Mateo 5:17 Para Cumplir – En 144 DC la Iglesia tacho de hereje a Marcion y rechazó su Biblia truncada. Marcion enseñaba a los cristianos que ya no existía requerimiento adicional de las Escrituras hebreas…
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The Heart Of The Matter
“Do not think that I came to annul the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to annul, but to fulfill.” Matthew 5:17 To Fulfill – In 144 AD the Church branded Marcion a heretic and rejected his truncated Bible. Marcion taught that Christians had no further use of the Hebrew Scriptures except as…
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This Week
Dear Friends, I will be out of town, and out of touch by internet, for the rest of this week. So, please, if you write or post, don’t be surprised if I do not respond. I’ll be back on Friday. Skip
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Preparing To Fear
YHWH is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Psalm 27:1 Fear – The children of Israel read the 27th Psalm in preparation for Rosh Hashanah. They do this as a matter of preparation for repentance (teshuvah from the verb shuv). Why is the 27th Psalm so important to the beginning of the…
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Genesis, Again?
Writing Today’s Word leaves me with an enormous problem. Scripture isn’t bits and pieces. It’s a whole unit, an extended story of God’s interaction with the world, in particular, with the people He calls Israel. How it all fits together is really the job of exegesis. Dealing with one tiny piece at a time often…
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Swampland
YHWH is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Psalm 27:1 Fear – The question is rhetorical. The expected answer is “No one.” But that answer usually leaves out the one person that I really do fear. Even when no one else can bring me low because the Lord is my shepherd, there…
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But I’m Afraid
YHWH is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Psalm 27:1 Fear – Maybe it helps to be the king. I can see why David doesn’t fear anyone or anything. He has God on his side and he’s the king. That’s a big advantage. But what about the rest of us? We don’t…
