and they sent the varicolored tunic and brought it to their father and said, “We found this; please examine it to see whether it is your son’s tunic or not.” Genesis 37:32 NASB Please Examine– I think we should create a new Bible board game. We could call it CLUE. We would provide various verses on cards and little…
“Am I a God who is near,” declares the Lord, “And not a God far off? “Can a man hide himself in hiding places so I do not see him?” declares the Lord. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the Lord. Jeremiah 23:23-24 NASB I do not see him– God is everywhere. That’s what omni-present means. …
“Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then you also can do good who are accustomed to doing evil.” Jeremiah 13:23 NASB Accustomed– How difficult it is to change how we think about life! We can be presented with all kinds of compelling “evidence,” yet our real operating procedures remain fixed by past experience. …
For man is born for trouble, as sparks fly upward. Job 5:7 NASB Born for trouble – Nihilism: “the rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless.” Or so it seems. “Not to be born is the best of all things for those who live on earth, and not to gaze on the radiance of the…
“It is all one; therefore I say, ‘He destroys the guiltless and the wicked.’” Job 9:22 NASB Guiltless– You and I will be rewarded. We are followers of the King. We believe. Therefore, He will protect us. Right? All those terrible consequences that are destined to befall the wicked will not scratch us. We will emerge whole, perfected, saved. Right? …
I will soon be back in lion country. Maybe I can meet up with this big boy again. Just thought I would share a view with you today. We have been straining our minds. Time for a little visual relief. Enjoy Shabbat tomorrow.
You have enclosed me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me. Psalm 139:5 NASB Behind and before– Do you want to be free? Free to determine your own way? Free from the expectations of others? Free to explore who you really are? Free to choose God? Then get ready to be constrained! Human freedom is not the clear path…
I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, and my sorrow grew worse. My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned; Psalm 39:2-3a NASB Refrained– A short while ago we examined these verses. We concluded that David’s experience of deliberate silence caused emotional and physical separation from others and from himself. Based on the…
He said, “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” Genesis 3:10 NASB Was afraid– The story is familiar, perhaps too familiar. As a result of its familiarity in translation we rarely see the incredibly profound nuances in this story. We are deprived…
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. Genesis 1:1-2 NASB Deep– Before anything else, let’s translate these verses without the theological influence of Western science. When we do, something incredibly important emerges….
