But do we really want to be delivered?Delivered means facing reality as it is, no fantasies, no band-aids, no idol protection.It’s interesting that Isaiah the prophet complains that Israel is seeking alliances with its past enemies as though these enemies will now protect them.God is quite provoked by this attempted alliance.He intends to be Israel’s…
August 1994 Michael Keyton made “Mr. Mom” a household word. Quite frankly, I wish he’d passed on the script. Just because I change the diapers, fix the meals and do the laundry does not mean that I am an out of work, ego depressed, deluded macho male destined to fall from the ladder of corporate…
I just flew back to Orlando from Pensacola, Florida. I taught twenty-five Masters’ graduate students about the “flow” of Hebraic prayer. Patrick Sullivan, my loyal friend and tech geek, just posted the audio for The Hebrew view of Prayer. Enjoy!
Put me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, jealousy is as severe as Sheol; its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD. Song of Solomon 8:6 Ownership Seal – In one of the finest love poems from the…
My intellectual theology is in pretty good shape. I have a good grasp of most of the doctrines. I believe them. I know the arguments and the proofs. But that kind of theology can’t save me from my demons. Just putting more correct information in my head does not give me more courage or fortitude…
This article gives more detail on the Hebrew view of ‘ezer. I originally wrote it in 2006, but with the last week of Today’s Words focused on ‘ezer, I wanted to repost on my new website. Balancing Act: Reflections on the Curse of Genesis 3 God’s curse after the Fall deserves another look. Typically, our…
and grant her honor as a fellow-heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. 1 Peter 3:7 Diagnosis Confirmed Not Be Hindered – Peter concludes this verse with a thought that should cause every Christian man to sit up. He says that just as there is a purpose (“likewise”),…
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Paul J. Meyer, the founder of the self-improvement industry, once said that he is an inverted paranoid. He believes that the whole world has conspired to do him good. That powerful idea alters everything about life. It shifts all of our being and doing from a posture of defense and protection to a posture of…
Sometimes important things are discovered in what is not in the text. John 4:3 is a good example. The verse reads: He left Judea, and departed again into Galilee. Most of us would think there isn’t much in this verse. After all, it’s just a report of Jesus traveling from one place to another. We…
