And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.” Matthew 26:39 NASB Not as I will – DEA. No, not the Drug Enforcement Agency. For this community, DEA is Delayed Emotional Awareness. …
For I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone who languishes. Jeremiah 31:25 NASB Languishes – Today let’s start at the end. Why? Because that’s where we might be—at the end. At the end of ourselves. At the end of trying to please Him. At the end of the daily discipline. At the end of…
And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. Matthew 3:15 King James Version Suffer – No one doubts that living languages evolve. Words that used to mean one thing come to mean something else. “Gay” is a good…
There was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed [b]Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. 2 Samuel 21:19 NASB Killed Goliath – Read it carefully. Okay, now answer the question, “Who killed Goliath?” Translators of the NASB provide a footnote to this verse…
And the people will be oppressed, each one by another, and each one by his neighbor; the youth will storm against the elder and the inferior against the honorable. Isaiah 3:5 NASB Oppressed – Contemporary believers often turn to Isaiah 2:4 as a description of peace in Millennial Kingdom. “And He will judge between the nations, and…
Gutenberg destroyed the Bible. Yes, he was the one who made it publicly available in the common language of the time, but in the process he converted the Bible from an audible message to black and white text. In the Christian world, the Bible has never recovered. It became a book rather than story told…
For it had seized him many times; and he was bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, and yet he would break his bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert. Luke 8:29 NASB Seized – What if the story of the demoniac isn’t about demon possession? What if it’s about an ancient…
And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, . .” Genesis 3:1a NASB Indeed – There’s a third chair in the therapist’s office. It’s occupied by the yetzer ha’ra. You know, that essential part of you that wants to control your life, to overpower your responsibilities for others and have what you want…
Tuscany. Ah, the images. Such a beautiful place. Rosanne and I traveled to San Gimignano for 2 day. Here are some pictures from the Cathedral there, the village (it is quite small) and the road along the way.
