Kathleen
Our friend and sister Kathleen has been called home by our Lord. Her struggles here are over. Thank you all for your prayers and compassionate acts on her behalf. We will miss her courage and unwavering faith in the goodness of God.
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Walk This Way
with all humility and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love Ephesians 4:2 Bearing – How do prisoners walk? Paul describes each step. Humility and meekness is the first foot forward, then long-suffering, then bearing with one another. We have probably heard a lot about humility. Perhaps we have even been given instruction…
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Tiempos Difíciles
18 de agosto Yo, pues, prisionero del Señor, os ruego que viváis de una manera digna de la vocación con que habéis sido llamados, Efesios 4:1 Prisionero – ¿Cómo habrá sido ser prisionero en el Imperio Romano del primer siglo? Uno de los famosos calabozos romanos yacía 12 pies bajo tierra. No requiere mucho imaginarse…
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Hard Time
Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the calling in which you were called, Ephesians 4:1 Prisoner – What was it like to be a prisoner in the first century Roman Empire? One rather famous dungeon in Rome was twelve feet underground. It doesn’t take much to imagine the…
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Getting It Done
who executes judgment for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Psalm 146:7 Executes – Do we really believe God takes care of things for the oppressed? If we knew the Hebrew verb here (‘asah) is a verb that usually means a deliberate action with distinct purpose, would that change our expectations about God’s…
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Decretos Horripilantes
15 de agosto ‘También les di estatutos que no eran buenos y decretos por los cuales no podrían vivir; Ezequiel 20:25 Estatutos que no eran buenos – Bevard Childs, profesor de teología bíblica en Harvard, dice que este versículo es un ejemplo es “la señal más clara del quebrantamiento del pacto del Antiguo Testamento…una vez…
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You’re Invited
From August 18 to 21 I will be teaching a graduate seminar on Old Testament roots of Biblical Theology. This seminar for credit is for ten select PhD candidates. We will begin at noon on Tuesday and conclude at noon on Thursday. The seminar will be at the Fairfield Inn in Clermont, FL. If you…
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The Details
How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God. Psalm 146:5 Is In – It’s certainly commonplace for us to say we hope in the Lord, but we might be surprised to find the Jewish prayer book doesn’t render the thought this way. The same…
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El Otro Punto de Vista
en la tierra como en el cielo Mateo 6:10 El Otro Punto de Vista Tierra/Cielo – ¡sorprendente! ¡Incomodo! Claro que para nosotros no lo es porque no estamos saturados de las Escrituras hebreas. Pero los discípulos si lo estaban. Ellos esperarían “cielo y tierra” no “tierra y cielo.” Si revisas el Antiguo Testamento encontraras esta…
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Horrifying Decrees
“Indeed, I gave them no-good decrees, and laws that did not offer them life.” Ezekiel 20:25 No-Good Decrees – Brevard Childs, professor of Biblical theology at Harvard, says that this verse is an example of “the clearest sign of the brokenness of the Old Testament covenant . . . once given as a source of…
