Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” Genesis 1:26 NASB Our image – We just…
“You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.” Exodus 20:4 NASB Idol – In August, 2017, Chaim Clorfene published an article with an enticing title: “How to Save the USA in Ten Easy Lessons.”[1] He…
When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.[a] Deuteronomy 32:8 NIV Sons of Israel – Michael Heiser, author of The Unseen Realm, noted in a lecture I attended that the Masoretic text of this verse…
but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name. John 20:31 NASB Jesus is the Christ – Of course, we need to correct the theological overtones here. John is writing, by his own admission, to demonstrate that Yeshua…
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.” Matthew 6:24 NASB Devoted – Yeshua spoke more about the practical realities of living than anything else. We try to turn his…
Today I am on a flight home from Rome after 42 days at sea. Just saying hello, African style.
So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:36 NASB Free – The world is preoccupied with freedom these days. It is current political coinage. In the West, our conception of freedom has been extended to include a doctrine of entitlements and rights no prior civilization could have imagined. Freedom is…
But as for you, speak the things which are fitting for sound doctrine. Titus 2:1 NASB Sound doctrine – Just how much paradigm interpretation is involved in translating and reading this text? The Greek, hygiainouse didaskalia, could be translated “healthy instruction.” How we translate the verse depends on our assumptions about Paul’s religious affiliation. For example,…
And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights. Jonah 1:17 NASB Great fish – What is the story of Jonah really about? Is it really about a miraculous fish or about being in the watery grave? Are you prepared to look beyond…
