And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, you and your household.” Acts 16:31 Household – In an age which emphasizes personal salvation and individual belief, we have a hard time understanding Paul’s statement. We re-read this to mean that each one of the people in the jailer’s house had…
“For He delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,” Colossians 1:13 God delivers. That says more than most of us will ever truly comprehend. It also says more about the domain of darkness than most of us will ever acknowledge. God chooses to deliver. It…
and you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates Deuteronomy 6:9 Doorposts – Come with me to Haiti and you will see something puzzling on some houses. Painted on the mud walls are strange symbols and designs (You can see a photo in my Haiti collection here). These are…
But we know that all things work together for the good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose Romans 8:28 The Good – I love this verse. It gives hope and direction in a world that often seems chaotic and destructive. It is a resounding call to remember…
But we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose Romans 8:28 For Good – Paul writes Greek, but he thinks Hebrew. Here he has yatav in mind. God wants yatav to manifest itself in His children. There is no higher…
“Oh, that there were a heart like this in them, to fear Me, and to keep all My commandments all the days, that it might be well with them, and with their sons forever.” Deuteronomy 5:29 Be Well – “All things work together for good.” Paul said that. He believed it. Do we? I’m pretty…
Before we begin a study of Paul’s famous passage on Love, we need to understand something about the background of Paul’s message. Paul was a Jew. Although he was a Roman citizen and fluent in Greek, Paul’s thought patterns were in Hebrew. He was educated in the Rabbinic tradition. He was a man of the…
Proverbs is a very practical book. If it were part of the New Testament, it would probably have been written by James. It is about action in the world. Of course, its content has plenty of spiritual and eternal consequences, but the focus of Proverbs is the here and now. Do what your required to…
“Oh, that there were a heart like this in them, to fear Me, and to keep all My commandments all the days, that it might be well with them, and with their sons forever.” Deuteronomy 5:29 Oh – God feels! Yes, I know that the Greek philosophers and theologians among us will tell you that…
“and sends rain on the just and the unjust” Matthew 5:45 I have a hard time understanding God’s battle plan. If I were running the cosmic war, I would make it as difficult as possible on my enemies and as wonderful as I could for my allies. I’d be sure that my troops got the…
