A Matter of Ownership

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” God created man in His own image, in the image…

The Genesis of David

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 NASB Create – First let’s correct the syntax. The emphasis of this verse is not “create.” It is leb tahor, a “heart clean.” But even this needs a bit of explanation. The root taher is not about “spiritual”…

Slowly and Carefully

Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.  Genesis 2:7  NASB Formed – You don’t know what you are supposed to do until you know who you are made to be.  That’s why the opening passages of…

Do Something!

Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed against me, and get yourself a new heart and a new spirit for why will you die, O house of Israel.   Ezekiel 18:31 (translation – R. North TDOT) New – It’s a new year, at least according to the astrological calendar of the heavenly…