All night long on my bed I looked for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him. Song of Songs 3:1 NIV Did not find – There is little doubt that the erotic poem of Song of Songs has caused consternation among translators and commentators. Read as tongue-in-cheek intimations, it…
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When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes. Genesis21:15 NIV Put – Most of us are captive to our mother tongue. As a result, we read the Scriptures in languages other than the original. As everyone knows, translations leave things on the table, especially nuances, idioms,…
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23:4 NASB With me – Paul Tournier gave us some important insights into the modern disease of isolation: “Most of our contemporaries, dragooned and drowned in our mass society,…
And it was when the king of Ai saw, they hastened and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city. Joshua…
And it was when the king of Ai saw, they hastened and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city. Joshua…
“ . . . and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:32 NASB Set you free – What does it mean “to be set free”? The Greek verb, eleutheróō, finds its roots in the idea of slavery. In the Greek world, freedom was both a physical and a political ideal. …
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are [a]crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18 NASB Crushed – What does it mean to be “crushed in spirit”? The word, and its similarly spelled parallel, is used in poetry and laments. It emphasizes the “emotional and spiritual suffering”[1] of a person or people. Here it is an adjective. …
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5 KJV Wounded – He might have been wounded for your transgression, but not for mine. Believe me when I tell you that I bear the…
