Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “Blessed be he of the LORD, who has not failed in His kindness to the living or to the dead!” Ruth 2:20 JPS Has not failed – What does Ruth have to do with Rebekah? If you read the two stories in Hebrew, you would be struck by the repeated…
For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, for you also endured the same sufferings at the hands of your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews, who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out; . . . 1…
and now Israel, what does the LORD require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, . . . Deuteronomy 10:12 ESV Israel – One of the principal differences between…
In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials. 1 Peter 1:6 NASB Various – Peter uses an interesting adjective to describe the testing of our faith. It is the word poikilos. It does not mean “many.” Instead it means “of a wide…
who, according to His great mercy, has caused us to be born again to a living hope. 1 Peter 1:3 NASB Born again – The Greek word here is anagennesas. This word comes from ana (again) and gennao (to beget). This is a word that Peter made up. It is not found anywhere else in…
Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” Matthew 8:21 ESV First – Someone called me with a personal dilemma. “I feel as if my wife and I need to move [to another city]. But I have so much family here and they are in such need. …
God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 1:27 NASB Male and female – What is the point of the repetition? Wasn’t it clear enough with the first, “God created man”? Why add the second “in the image of God He…
