Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. Philippians 4:8 NASB Let’s try a summary of the less controversial discoveries we made over these years. Each of these has…
In the beginning was the word . . . John 1:1 NASB Word – We are not going to go another round on the Trinitarian debate over this verse. What we are going to do is examine how much of the Hellenized world was influenced by the Greek concept of logos. To do that, we…
But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none; and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not…
Now it came about in the days when the judges governed, that there was a famine in the land. Ruth 1:1 NASB Judges – Today is Brutus day, the day Julius Caesar was assassinated, March 15, the Ides of March. That is Roman history. So what does it have to do with the Bible? In…
But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed 700 charioteers of the Arameans and 40,000 horsemen and struck down Shobach the commander of their army, and he died there. 2 Samuel 10:18 NASB 700 – I recently gave a lecture on the stories of David and Solomon. In the course of that lecture, I talked about…
“and sends rain on the just and on the unjust” Matthew 5:45 ESV Rain – I have a hard time understanding God’s battle plan. If I were running the cosmic war, I would make it as difficult as possible on my enemies and as wonderful as I could for my allies. I’d be sure that…
“For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. Acts 17:23 NASB Unknown – Perhaps we haven’t really understood Paul’s conversation with the Greeks, or perhaps Paul didn’t…
He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him. Ephesians 1:9 NASB Will – We’ve made a mistake! A huge mistake that affects every person on the planet. It wasn’t deliberate: it was simply the accidental result of our natural tendencies. But the implications…
Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:10 NASB Weak – If you read the list of trials in the first part of the verse and stop before you come to the final…
Today is my birthday. This year I am not on an airplane alone, flying to some teaching destination. Today I am in Reggio Emilia, Italy, with my wife Rosanne. I will have a great Italian meal and a good glass of wine and remember that God designed me for a purpose that has taken seventy-one…
