Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.” Genesis 2:18 NASB Not good – God looked at His own work and decided it wasn’t good enough. Don’t you find that a bit surprising? Doesn’t God create perfectly? But here we have evidence…
“You shall have no other gods before Me.” Exodus 20:3 NASB gods – Today I want to make some comments on Michael Heiser’s book, The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible. Heiser’s basic position is that the biblical text, including the apostolic writings, rests on cultural and religious ideas that arise from Mesopotamian…
I’m sort of busy today. Way out in the Africa bush. So I thought you might enjoy these while I am looking for lions. The “O’s”: Oxford, Olden, Ooty, Orvieto, Owl Canyon Notice any pattern?
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. Psalm 32:3 NASB About my sin – You know that translators and editors add words to the text to “make it flow” better in English. But sometimes they add entire thoughts. This appears to be one of those times. Yes, it’s true that…
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 Excellence – In 2013 we looked at the difference between the Greek idea of excellence (arête)…
Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. Luke 10:38 NASB Welcomed – Martha will forever be remembered as the one who missed the point. Mary chose to hear the teaching of Yeshua. Martha chose to concern herself with being a good hostess. John’s…
For there are many rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of sordid gain. Titus 1:10-11 NASB Especially those of the circumcision – If you’re a replacement theology person, this verse is golden. Obviously Paul detested “those of the circumcision.”…
. . . So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin. Leviticus 5:6b NASB Atonement – Baruch Levine emphasizes one of the most important characteristics of the Hebrew view of law when he says: . . . the laws of the Torah did not permit Israelites to expiate intentional or premeditated…
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 NASB Conformed – Paul’s term, syschematizesthe, is a word about shaping behavior. It’s not really about doctrines of dogma or…
“Did he not fear the LORD and entreat the favor of the LORD, and the LORD changed His mind about the misfortune which He had pronounced against them?” Jeremiah 26:19 NASB Entreat – What does it mean to entreat someone? Even in English we have a difficult time expressing this thought succinctly. Certainly the concept…
