“Ah Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You, who shows lovingkindness to thousands, but repays the iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their children after them, O great and mighty God.” Jeremiah 32:17-18 NASB Repays the iniquity – The Bible is phenomenological….
for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11 NASB Christ the Lord – “The Church cannot indefinitely continue to believe about Jesus what he did not know to be true about himself.”[1] So writes John Bowman. But, of course, Bowman is a heretic, isn’t…
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go forth 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 From your father’s house – “ . . . the mandatory separation of Abraham from his kindred is unprecedented.”[1] But we don’t give it a second thought,…
“Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain; when he was but one I called him, then I blessed him and multiplied him.” Isaiah 51:2 NASB Father – “Since Israel was one of the Semitic nomadic peoples, her social life was more closely knit together than that of the city culture of…
Exalted be the Living God and praised, He exists – unbounded by time is His existence. He is One – and there is no unity like His Oneness. Shacharis/Morning Service, Morning Blessings Unbounded by time – You won’t find this verse in the Bible. It’s from the Morning Blessings of the Siddur.[1] This particular prayer…
For my soul has had enough troubles, and my life has drawn near to Sheol. Psalm 88:3 NASB 1995 Has had enough – Is your life filled to the brim? Oh, I didn’t ask if it is filled up with good things. I just asked if you feel as if it is up to the top. Yes, it’s…
because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?” (Thus He declared all foods clean.) Mark 7:19 NASB Thus He declared – Every author has blind spots. Yes, even me! So when we read commentary and exegesis and other spiritual material, we must always keep a sharp eye for incidental,…
The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” Genesis 2:23 NASB This is now – Sometimes the smallest words require considerable investigation. This is one of those times. We’ve looked at this verse over and over. We’ve…
Praying Loudly with No Volume By Dr. Roderick Logan, DPTh, CFTP Feeling overwhelmed often leads human beings to believe they are small and insignificant; leaving them with a heightened sense of loneliness. Society’s occasional hostility and general indifference will even affirm this notion. Stressed out individuals will conclude, “Why bother taking a second look?” Daring…
“They have acted corruptly toward Him, they are not His children, because of their defect; but are a perverse and crooked generation.” Deuteronomy 32:5 NASB Not His children – Jeffrey Tigay points out that the syntax of this verse is particularly difficult. He suggests that it is the result of scribal error and he offers a few…
