In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice; in the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch. Psalm 5:3 NASB Order my prayer – First, a modest correction. “My prayer” is not found in the text. It might be that the context is correct, but the verse reads, “I will order toward you.” Once we remove the…
Ravenna was once an important Roman port city. As Christianity spread across Europe, the churches of Ravenna catalogued the shift from Byzantine to Renaissance art. Ravenna’s mosaics are famous examples of very early church decoration but they are not the only things worth seeing in this small town. Here are some pictures that show this…
Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my groaning. Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, for to You I pray. Psalm 5:1-2 NASB Give ear – “In prayer we seek not to make God visible but to make ourselves visible to God.”[1] David doesn’t open his prayer with a “fix…
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’; but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” Matthew 5:27-28 NASB You have heard that it was said – “Interpretive tendencies survive because readers share elements of…
When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him. Acts 28:16 NASB Rome – From a Messianic perspective, Rome is the epitome of all that is wrong about Christianity. It is religiosus corruptus, a history of power, persecutions and personal agendas. Despite the fact that Rome plays…
“Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.” Exodus 3:10 NASB My people – About a month ago we examined thirteen changes that radically affect interpreting the Bible. The first few involved names. “Jesus is not his name” was at…
The Parma Cathedral The Baptistry at the Cathedral The ceiling of St. John’s depicting the last living apostle with the others in the clouds of heaven The ceiling of the library at St. John’s (a nice place to study, right?)
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being…
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. John 15:15 ESV Friends – “What a friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and…
A tiny little local church in Modena, not even on the tourist sites. Wonderful place for meditation. Only three other people were in the church.
