One of the reasons Rosanne and I love Parma is that traditions affect almost every endeavor in life. Here is a picture of the “road work” on the street in front of our apartment. Can you imagine any place in America where a PUBLIC street would be constructed like this? Oh, it’s such a blessing…
Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment. 1 Corinthians 1:10 NASB Made complete– Perhaps the greatest sin of exegetical bias is the sin of interpreting the…
(Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.) Numbers 12:3 NIV Very humble– How can a man be the most humble man on the face of the earth? Just knowing that he is would create some small twinge of pride, wouldn’t it? It would make him unique, set…
to be specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel, Ephesians 3:6 NASB Fellow heirs and fellow members– Recently we’ve looked at some passages in Paul’s other letters that raise serious questions about the status of the Gentiles (namely, us) in the Kingdom. We’ve…
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16 NASB Loved– There’s hardly a more famous verse in the whole Bible than this one (if you’re Christian). And most believers who have given it even a cursory look realize that the…
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord,…
concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh, who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord, Romans 1:3-4 NASB The resurrection from– Magic often depends on sleight of hand. The magician makes you look at one thing while he does…
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Philippians 4:6 NASB Anxious– “for nothing.” Well, that’s a pretty big order. “Nothing” covers a lot of things. Just about everything, in fact. So Yeshua didn’t have much to be anxious about, right? After all, he had a…
And Jesus said to him, “‘If You can?’ All things are possible to him who believes.” Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief.” Mark 9:23-24 NASB Unbelief – What is “unbelief”? Is it some sort of doubting? Or maybe not having the right answers like failing an examination? Or maybe it’s just the inability to make the…
Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. Genesis 1:3 NASB Said – Why is the Genesis account of creation so radically different than other ancient accounts? It’s not because the Genesis story is the only story of creation. All the ancient societies had creation myths. The difference is the mechanics of creation. Genesis portrays the beginning of the world with sounds. God…
