The Other Great

beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King. Psalm 48:2 ESV Great – OK, God is great. But so is the king, right? In fact, in our inverted world, kings often get more praise than God (as John Lennon once quipped)….

Big, Not Many

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
In the city of our God, His holy mountain. Psalm 48:1 (English Bible) NASB Great – Sometimes we just absolutely must know the subtle differences in Hebrew in order to comprehend the deeper message of the text. That is the case here. If I asked you what…

Melanchthon Lives

“The whole law and the prophets hang on these two commandments.”  Matthew 22:40  (R. T. France) Whole – How much of the Torah hangs on the two weightier commandments “love God” and “love your neighbor”?  Holos – all of it!  Agreed?  Now think about what this means.  If Yeshua is correct, then every one of…