Vive la Differénce (2)

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, Deuteronomy 30:19 ESV Choose – Do it early! Choose when you are young. Isn’t it interesting that the Hebrew verb bahar (to choose,…

The Essential Tension

I have called the heavens and the earth as witnesses today against you:  I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse.  Therefore you shall choose life, so that you live, both you and your seed, to love YHWH your Elohim, to obey His voice, and to cling to Him  ….

Picking A Winner

. . . So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendents. Deuteronomy 30:19 Choose – The Hebrew verb bahar means “to choose, to pick, to take a keen look at.”  But the pictograph is more revealing.  ­Bet-Chet-Resh draws the picture of “house-fence-person.”  In other words, separating the person from the…