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How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you. Psalm 139:17-18 ESV Count – Certainty is one of the great problems of life. What can we know for sure? …
“He who has found his life shall lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake shall find it.” Matthew 10:39 NASB Lose – “But what about my needs?” That’s the problem, isn’t it? We treat relationships in the same way we treat any other possession. We are relationship consumers. Our culture…
Abraham came near and said, “Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?” Genesis 18:23 NASB Sweep away – The Hebrew word translated “sweep away” is tispeh. It comes from the root safah, a verb that means “to sweep away, to destroy, to consume.” The consonants are Samech-Pey-Hey (to twist or turn, the…
One of the difficulties believers face understanding the place of the cross in Christian theology is directly related to a prior commitment (usually without reflective consideration) to the philosophical concept of the Greek idea of time. Examination of this assumption demonstrates that it is the philosophical concept itself that produces confusion about the role of…
Look to the pact, for the dark places of earth fill with groans of outrage. Psalm 74:20 (R. Alter translation) Fill – Asaph’s psalm of despair reads like today’s newspaper for followers of YHWH. He cried out, “Why, O God, have You abandoned us forever?” He describes the insults to God’s own name perpetrated by…
“May the LORD reward your work, and your wages be full from the LORD, the God of Israel under whose wings you have come to seek refuge. Ruth 2:12 NASB Under whose wings – Do you realize that Boaz is the one who actually fulfills the blessing of the Lord that he himself pronounces over…
“And now, daughter, have no fear. I will do in your behalf whatever you ask, for all the elders of the town know what a fine woman you are.” Ruth 3:11 JPS Fine woman – Why don’t we put this in its proper perspective? It might change how we feel about Ruth and Boaz. The…
And again he denied it with an oath, “I do not know the man.” Matthew 26:72 NASB Denied – From the Greek verb arneomai. It is accurately translated “deny.” Peter refused to acknowledge that he knew Yeshua. This verb also means, “to give up, to retract, to renounce.” During the first century, many Jews, both…
