Rent or Own

Heaven and earth shall praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.  For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, so that they may live there and possess it.  The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will live in it.  Psalm 69:34-36  NASB Live there and possess it –…

The Why of How

“How is it that you, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?” John 4:9 NASB How? – The Greek is the pos, a word that introduces a question. This is a particularly interesting question. It contains many of the implications about spiritual truths that we face today. It…

Fence Lines

Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything, either small or great, contrary to the command of the Lord my God. Numbers 22:18 NASB Contrary to – How far are you willing to go? Where are the boundaries,…

Crossing the Boundaries

“How is it that you, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?”  John 4:9  NASB How? –  The Greek word pos introduces a question.  This is a particularly interesting question.  It contains many of the implications about communal truths that we face today. It is a question of…

Role Play

The woman said to the serpent, “Of the fruit of any tree of the garden we may eat.” Genesis 3:2  Stone Tanakh Woman said – When we read this verse, most of us concentrate on the fact that Havvah does not reiterate the command given to Adam exactly as it was given.  She adds a…

Order-Taker/Order-Maker

And God said, “Let us make man in our image; according to our likeness.” Genesis 1:26 In Our Image – What does the Genesis account mean when it says that human beings are made in the image of God? That question has certainly been at the forefront of countless theological treatises. Over the centuries, the…

As By One Man

and when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her; and he ate  Genesis 3:6 With Her – “Why, oh,…