Road Signs in Puglia
Some roads just look better with a bit of natural help.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide (21)
To know wisdom and reproof, to understand discerning maxims. To accept the reproof of insight, righteousness, justice, and uprightness. To give shrewdness to the simple, to a lad, knowledge and cunning, Let the wise man hear and gain learning, and the discerning acquire designs. Proverbs 1:2-5 Robert Alter Reproof – Reconsider the context of that…
Insult and Injury
Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God. Job 1:22 NASB 1995 Nor did he blame – But the Hebrew isn’t quite what we think of when we read these words in English. We think of “blame” as assigning responsibility or finding fault. So, in our Western theology, if God is…
The Hitchhiker’s Guide (20)
One who gives a right answer kisses the lips. Proverbs 24:26 NASB Right answer – What an odd saying! What does giving the correct answer have to do with a kiss? It’s almost as if the entire verse is idiomatic. And many translations take it that way. So, we get: “An honest answer is the…
My Birthday
A day off for me. This is where I will spend some of it.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide (19b): The Watcher Part 2
You too, be ready; because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think He will.” Luke 12:40 NASB Be ready – The March 29 edition of My Utmost for His Highest could have been written by Moses Luzzatto rather than Oswald Chambers (with a few corrections for Christian vocabulary). Chambers…
The Hitchhiker’s Guide (19a): The Watcher Part 1
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, watching the evil and the good. Proverbs 15:3 NASB Eyes of the Lord – Is God everywhere? Does He “see” everything? Answers to these questions are straightforward for most believers. The doctrine has the official title “Omnipresence.” It simply means that God is present in all His creation. There…
