I will be lecturing in Virginia Beach July 8th and 9th from 7:00-9:00 PM at Providence Mennonite Church 5363 Old Providence Road Virginia Beach, VA Here are the proposed topics 1. Emotional Exegesis – Why you can’t read the Bible without feeling. Not just your feelings, but the feelings of the characters in the stories, including…
Yet they still continued to sin against Him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert. And in their heart they put God to the test Psalm 78:17-18a NASB Sin/ rebel – Hebrew has several words for our general idea of “sin.” Knowing how they differ is important. The two words in this verse are ḥāṭāʾ…
He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them plenty to drink like the ocean depths. He brought forth streams from the rock and made waters run down like rivers. Psalm 78:15-16 NASB Like rivers – One of the benefits and beauties of poetry is that language can be stretched. No one expects poems to be historically accurate. …
He divided the sea and caused them to pass through, and He made the waters stand up like a heap. Psalm 78:13 NASB Like a heap – How did the waters of the yām sûp (Sea of Reeds, usually known as the “Red Sea”) stand up? Oh, I don’t mean, “What was the mechanism that made the…
When it comes to doing anything except photo editing in Photoshop, I am a complete novice. Therefore, when I try to make a new cover for my latest book, soon to be published, I really have no idea how to do this. And watching the videos on YouTube doesn’t help much since they all assume…
The sons of Ephraim were archers equipped with bows, yet they turned back on the day of battle. They did not keep the covenant of God and refused to walk in His Law; they forgot His deeds and His miracles that He had shown them. Psalm 78:9-11 NASB Turned back – You’re in the fight of your life. It might seem calm…
So that they would put their confidence in God and not forget the works of God, but comply with His commandments, and not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not prepare its heart and whose spirit was not faithful to God. Psalm 78:7-8 NASB Confidence – The Hebrew word כִסְלָה (kislâ) is a bit strange. …
So I went to Brescia today. I saw this from the train. Then I went to Santuario di Santa Maria delle Grazie. The priest was just finishing mass and when he saw me with two camera kneeling on the floor to get a shot of the ceiling, he offered to turn on the lights. Here’s…
For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers that they were to teach them to their children, so that the generation to come would know, the children yet to be born, that they would arise and tell them to their children, Psalm 78:5-6 NASB Testimony/ law – Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. Remember? Teach your children…
