In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 NASB In the beginning – “The fundamental thought in the Bible is not creation, but God’s care for His creation.”[1] With that in mind, here are some studies of Genesis 1:1 during the last ten years, from newest to oldest, just in case you want…
“It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it. I stretched out the heavens with My hands and I ordained all their host.” Isaiah 45:12 NASB Ordained – Perhaps you’re familiar with the rather famous Evangelical apologetic book by Paul Little, Know Why You Believe. First published in 1967, it is still a standard of…
History, history, history. We visited Lodi, a city near Milan, in order to see the Tempio Civico della Beata Vergine Incoronata. It is more than 500 years old, but the original site was a brothel, even older. In fact, the city itself is nearly 1000 years old. Even more interesting, this was one of the seats…
The Lord has become like an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel; He has swallowed up all its palaces, He has destroyed its strongholds and multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and moaning. Lamentations 2:5 NASB Like an enemy – We live in the “God is Love” age. I’m not sure when we transitioned from “Sinners in the…
Then the Lord said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not…
And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. Matthew 7:25 ESV Did not fall – You want your faith to stand, right? You want it built on the solid rock, able to weather…
In the Law it is written, “By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me,” says the Lord. 1 Corinthians 14:21 NASB Strange tongues – The Greek term translated “strange tongues” (ἑτερογλώσσοις similar to ἑτερόγλωσσος) is a hapax legomenon, …
For thus says the Lord to me, “As the lion or the young lion growls over his prey, against which a band of shepherds is called out, and he will not be terrified at their voice nor disturbed at their noise, so will the Lord of hosts come down to wage war on Mount Zion and on its hill.” Isaiah 31:4
The Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. Out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and…
So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. Philippians 2:12-13 NASB Work out your salvation – If you’re saved by…
