Your eyes are too pure to approve evil, and you can not look on wickedness with favor. Why do You look with favor on those who deal treacherously? Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up those more righteous than they? Habakkuk 1:13 NASB Can not look – Can God look on evil? Can…
Yesterday I traveled to Lakeland, Florida to speak in the evening to a group of followers of the Way about the difference between the Greek and Hebrew paradigms. After 2 hours we just got started, so I am sure I will be back. Heather Celoria is part of that group. She previously sent me a…
The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” Genesis 2:23 NASB Man – Something odd is happening in this story about the first man. Up to this point, the word used for “man” is adam. God…
On my way back from Mexico, I was next to a couple from Indiana. When they first sat down, the man began to read the Psalms. I could see that his Bible was well worn and marked on every page. To start the conversation, I said, “Are you reading that book because you are afraid…
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli lama Sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” Matthew 27:46 NASB Eli, Eli – It is common Christian interpretation to view this verse as the cry of Jesus when Sin (with a capital S) fell…
But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good. 1 Thessalonians 5:21 NASB Examine everything – It is more difficult to unlearn than to learn. The problem is that as we grow older we discover that a great deal of what we learned has to be unlearned before we can gain new insight. …
And He said to them, “Elijah does first come and restore all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt? Mark 9:12 NASB Suffer – When did Yeshua ask this question? The context is critical. He asks this question as…
Thanks to your generosity and the efforts of two special readers of Today’s Word, I was able to serve about 200 people on Sunday at a church in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Then on Monday there was a special evening seminar for another 36 people who came from all walks of life and all ethnic backgrounds….
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be! Romans 6:15 NASB What then? – “Questions of faith are not philosophical, sociological or psychological; they are intensely personal. Everyone has to find his or her own way of dealing with them. The point at which a…
