The Tacoma Conference is over. I am on the way back to Florida. It was a tremendous success. Lots of great interaction, insightful questions and dialogue. It was also a treat to see some special friends again. I want to publicly thank Don Sheppard for his generosity and hospitality. He provided the facility and…
Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:1 NASB Of me – Of all the people who probably least deserved to hear this exhortation, the Corinthians top the list. Their lives are a mess. They are involved in idolatry, sexual immorality, petty rivalries, family squabbles, lack of compassion and…
While Israel stayed in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine; and Israel heard. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve in number. Genesis 35:22 New JPS Now – Dr. Shani Tzoref’s article, “Did Rueben Lie with Bilhah?”[1] points out that in this verse there is an extra letter, a Pey,…
Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep…
Oops! I forgot to say that the Tacoma conference starts at 3PM on Saturday and 1PM on Sunday. Both days we will meet at 1110 South Puget Sound Ave, Tacoma. The NE corner of 12th and Union. See you there!
“Come now, and let us reason together,” says the Lord, “Though your sins are as scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool.” Isaiah 1:18 NASB Reason – “ . . . the prophet is not a philosopher of logic, but a philosopher of…
Then I accounted those who died long since more fortunate than those who are still living. Ecclesiastes 4:2 JPS Fortunate – Take a hard look at life! A very hard look. Without your continued hope in God, wouldn’t you have to agree with Solomon? Those who have already died are finished with all this…
I saw that there is nothing better for man than to enjoy his possessions, since that is his portion. For who can enable him to see what will happen afterward? Ecclesiastes 3:22 JPS Afterward – Qohelet is a rationalist. That means he chooses to see life only on the basis of what he can observe…
And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables? Mark 4:13 NASB How will you understand – What motivates people to become enthralled with mystical approaches to the Bible? What causes them to start reading the text as if it is code for some hidden secret?…
