“The Spirit of the LORD God is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to prisoners; . . .” Isaiah 61:1 (and Luke 4:18 with modifications) NASB Sent – The…
So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. Genesis 3:23 NIV Banished – Most of us develop our theology from visual imagery. We think of the Garden as an idyllic place and the expulsion from the Garden as something utterly tragic. Notice…
For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. 1 Corinthians 11:7 NASB Glory – What an exegetical disaster we have made of Paul’s off-hand remark! What nonsense, what heresy we have perpetrated upon women as a…
I was wrong. Today a friend sat across the table from me and said, “Your teaching is wonderful and terrible.” When he explained, I realized that I was wrong. You see, I have been so intent on focusing on the meaning of the text that I often made people feel as if their experience with…
I said, “You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High, nevertheless you will die like men, and fall like any one of the princes.” Psalm 82:6-7 NASB Fall – Why do we fall? Unless we know the conditions of our demise, we may never recognize the traps that corrupt God’s…
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And Elohim said, “Let them swarm the waters a swarm of life . . .” Genesis 1:20 (my translation) Swarm – Genesis 1:20 describes God’s formation of the life of the sea and the air and everything that creeps on the earth. We take it for granted that these creatures are distinctively different from human…
Just in case you ever wondered about God’s glory, here is a shot of the sun with 94% of the surface covered by the moon. Without special filters, this is still way too much light to look at or capture in digital. And even with the filter, at 160th of a second there is still…
And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. Revelation 21:21 NASB Gold – You’ve heard the advertisements, I’m sure. “In a volatile economy, gold is your only real safety net.” “Gold! It has never been worth nothing. Experts say it may even double in the next years.” “Gold is security in…
