Month: July 2011

  • What’s the Score?

    [Love] does not act unbecomingly, it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, 1 Corinthians 13:5  NASB Does not take into account – Ou logizetai to kakon [Love] does not take into account a wrong suffered.  The literal translation is “does not count (to itself) evil.” …

  • Historical Assumptions

    “But we desire to hear from you what your views are; for concerning this sect, it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere.” Acts 28:22 Sect – Paul arrives in Rome.  He is under house arrest.  He calls the Jewish elders to meet with him.  They come, anticipating dialogue.  They want to…

  • Fire Insurance

    If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you. Proverbs 25:21-22 Will reward – Does this translation make sense to you?  Is God promising to give you a reward…

  • Red Hot Blessing

    If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you. Proverbs 25:21-22  NASB Burning coals – The Hebrew word gahelet literally describes the burning coals used to ignite wood for…

  • Fire Fighter

    If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you. Proverbs 25:21-22  NASB Your enemy – “Fight fire with fire.”  That’s the common point of view.  What someone dishes out…

  • Something Old, Something New

    “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” John 13:34  NASB New – How important it is to remember that Yeshua didn’t speak these words in Greek!  In Hebrew, the word he used is hadash, the same word used…

  • Prayer Request

    Today I got a request from one of our community.  His wife is demanding a divorce without biblical grounds (from Matthew).  He does not want this and is trying to work through it.  There are children.  He has asked for prayer about the up-coming legal confrontation.  Yeshua makes it very clear that marriage is glued…

  • All in the Family

    “And a second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” Matthew 22:39  NASB Love – We all know that this Greek word is agapao.  Agape love is the standard of Christian concern.  We also recognize that it is self-sacrificing love, based not on what I might receive from another but solely on…