Also some of the Asiarchs who were friends of his sent to him and repeatedly urged him not to venture into the theater. Acts 19:31 NASB Not to venture – Day 3. I don’t worry too much about sacred cows. Cows are really pretty docile animals. They usually just go wherever they are led. I…
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, 1 Peter 1:14 Lusts – OK, so let’s tone this down a bit. The Greek word is epithymia. Yes, it can mean “lust” but if we read it like this, we are likely to dismiss Peter’s comment as…
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 3:2 NASB Repent – “He, who truly repents, is chiefly sorry for his sins. He, whose repentance is spurious, is chiefly concerned for their consequences. The former chiefly regrets that he has done evil; the latter that he has incurred evil. One sorely laments that…
Here is the update on Irene. While in South Africa I made inquiries about her. The camp where she used to live was sold by the municipality. So the population there had to move. Fortunately, someone donated some land to this group so that they will no longer have to worry about where they live, but…
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are…
You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination. Leviticus 18:22 Abomination – Yesterday we commented on Feinstein’s insight that the prohibition against homosexuality “is at its core an appeal to the emotions.”[1] We noticed that the real issue for contemporary society is the lack of cultural…
You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination. Leviticus 18:22 Abomination – The contemporary view on the choice of homosexual relations is a thorn in the side of religion. Since the culture is moving in the direction of “the right to love whomever you wish,” any…
But Laban said, “It is not the practice in our place to marry off the younger before the firstborn. Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me for another seven years.” Genesis 29:26-27 NASB The other – Leviticus 18:18 presents…
The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: ‘A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean for any of his people who die,’” Leviticus 21:1 NIV Ceremonially unclean – YHVH gives instructions for His priests. These are not instructions for everyone. These instructions detail exactly…
And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house. May the Lord deal kindly with you as you have dealt with the dead and with me. Ruth 1:8 NASB Mother’s house – Naomi’s exhortation is not only self-serving, it is completely out of character with societal protocol. How…
