“Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt. Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both men…
Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever -“ Genesis 3:22 NASB Might – In Hebrew, you notice that one particular word is repeated,…
Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever -“ Genesis 3:22 NASB Knowing – What does it mean to know good and evil as…
“The Spirit of the LORD God is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to prisoners; . . .” Isaiah 61:1 (and Luke 4:18 with modifications) NASB Sent – The…
So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. Genesis 3:23 NIV Banished – Most of us develop our theology from visual imagery. We think of the Garden as an idyllic place and the expulsion from the Garden as something utterly tragic. Notice…
For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. 1 Corinthians 11:7 NASB Glory – What an exegetical disaster we have made of Paul’s off-hand remark! What nonsense, what heresy we have perpetrated upon women as a…
I was wrong. Today a friend sat across the table from me and said, “Your teaching is wonderful and terrible.” When he explained, I realized that I was wrong. You see, I have been so intent on focusing on the meaning of the text that I often made people feel as if their experience with…
I said, “You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High, nevertheless you will die like men, and fall like any one of the princes.” Psalm 82:6-7 NASB Fall – Why do we fall? Unless we know the conditions of our demise, we may never recognize the traps that corrupt God’s…
Wounded Warriors Spring Soldiers
