For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes 1:18 NIV Sorrow – Yesterday we asked, “How can wisdom, a good thing, generate sorrow, a bad thing?” Maybe we should have questioned the translation before we questioned the ethics. In Hebrew, the word translated “sorrow” (NIV) is kaʿas. Other English…
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes 1:18 NIV Wisdom – “The Sages promulgated the principle ‘Not the study of but the performance of mitzvot is the essence of virtue.’ ‘One whose wisdom is more abundant than his deeds—to what is he compared? To a tree whose branches…
As you know, in a couple of weeks we will start a new book study on David Lambert’s book on repentance. That study will be conducted on the web site ivebeenskipped.com You can sign up for the newsletter for that site, and be ready to join the study, by CLICKING HERE See you soon. Skip
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which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth; Colossians 1:6 NASB Constantly bearing fruit – One of the legends about the ‘olam ha’ba is that…
“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Matthew 16:15 NIV You – Remember Hagar? When she was abused by Sarah, she fled to the wilderness, probably expecting to die. “Just get it over with,” she thought. “I can’t take this anymore.” Of course, the angel of the Lord found her there and…
No verse today. Just some personal reflections. For many years now, you and I have been exploring the origins of our faith. That means investigating the history of the ideas that we once accepted as part of our religious beliefs. What I’ve learned, and perhaps what you have also learned, is that most of my…
Here are some thoughts worth considering . . . “Pain travels through families until someone is ready to feel it.” – Stephi Wagner, Healing the Mother Wound “For many of us, our generational ‘curse’ is avoidance. We come from people who just act like ‘it’ didn’t / doesn’t happen. But pain demands to be felt….
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. John 10:10 NASB Have life – Abundantly, that’s what we want, right? Actually, it’s even more than that, as I am sure some preacher told you. The Greek is perissōn, from the verb perisseúō, meaning “superabundant” or “beyond…
