Now flee youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. 2 Timothy 2:22 NASB Youthful lusts – Movies of passion, speed and (most of the time) illegal behavior. Perhaps that’s why the Vin Diesel classics appeal. We would all like to think that…
You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, Exodus 20:5 NASB Exodus in Revelation – paqad, the Hebrew word for “visiting,” has always given…
So, as you know, one of the things At God’s Table does is make sure no one falls through the cracks if we can help it. We have a single parent family that needs a place to live. And we have a few other people who need community and a place to live. So, we…
Esther Fan, a reader in the Bay area, started using Today’s Word in a publication that is circulated in the Chinese communities of Asia. She informed me a few days ago that it now reaches 60,000 (40,000 in China). Your support of this little daily investigation is reaching thousands of people in China. Just thought…
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? Psalm 139:7 NASB Where – “Where are you?” Remember that question. Some manifestation of God walks in the Garden. Adam is hiding. Do you suppose God does not know where Adam is when He asks, “Where are you?” Of course not!…
I will sing to the LORD because He has dealt bountifully with me. Psalm 13:6 NASB Dealt bountifully – In Hebrew the entire thought in the conjunctive phrase (beginning with “because”) is merely three words, ki gamal alay. ki is translated “because” although it could just as easily be translated “surely,” or “when,” or “if.”…
Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death. Psalm 13:3 ESV The sleep of death – I just can’t sleep. I lie down. My thoughts will not turn off. I even take sleeping pills. Nothing. All night long I fight with vaporous creatures, invisible…
And they blessed, glorified, and extolled (the Lord) on account of the fact that the name of that (Son of) Man was revealed to them. 1 Enoch 69:27b (E. Isaac translation)[1] Son of – Most of us have no idea that the Book of Enoch even exists. We are completely ignorant of the thousands of…
As is Your name, O God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness. Psalm 48:10 English NASB (Hebrew Bible 48:11) As is Your name – “The concept of personal names in the [Old Testament] often included existence, character, and reputation (I Sam 25:25). Often the…
Bob Gorelik and I are together in the United States for the first time in over a year. The conference is August 1 and 2, in New Orleans area. Here is the flyer.
