The Sun Also Rises
Sicily morning in both directions Topical Index: photo, Sicily, sunrise
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The (Not So) Good News
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country, and from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you; Genesis 12:1 NASB Go from – Of course, by now you know that lĕk-lekā’ (lekh lekha), does not mean “Go from.” It is literally, “Go towards yourself,” an idea we have investigated several times. But perhaps we need to…
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Once More Around the Block
All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; 2 Timothy 3:16 NASB Scripture – if you’re one of those followers who has serious concerns about the integrity of the biblical text, about its history and development, about its contemporary application, then you’ve probably been distressed by the…
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Sailing into Tauranga
Early morning, Tauranga, New Zealand Topical Index: photo, sunrise, New Zealand, Tauranga
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Some Quotables
“The first job of a teacher is to tell the student, ‘Focus on this; this is important. Do not focus on this—this is only the background.’” Tzivi Freeman “A simple faith that asks no questions and admits no anxieties is not the most religious faith. A relationship that can articulate anxiety about the beloved’s distance…
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Designated Representative
So 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 Image – Emphasis! Typically Hebraic, a repeated word acts as an exclamation in a language without punctuation. So the verse repeats ṣelem (image) in order to emphasize the special quality of this…
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Why Keep Going?
Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13-14 NASB Upward call – Don’t you think Paul’s justification for all this work is a bit strange? “Upward call”? Now what…
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Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13-14 NASB Lies behind/ lies ahead – Making it Greek. Yes, that’s what Paul does when he writes to the…
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586 BCE (3)
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV Faithfulness – Last on the list; first in action. ʾĕmûnâ. If raḥûm is the feeling that God has for His people, that same feeling a pregnant woman has for her unborn child, then ʾĕmûnâ is the action that results from that bond. …
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586 BCE (2)
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV Mercies – As we discovered, God’s ḥesed is without an end. And because it never comes to an end, because God never gives up on His promise, other things follow. One of those other things is rāḥam, the root of the…
