and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. John 8:32 NASB Know – The Greek verb, ginosko, is frequent and clear. It describes comprehension that results from examining objects with every human mode of knowing. This means using logic, the senses, investigation, sorting the evidence and verifying conclusions. In Greek…
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 NASB Told you – Approximately 700 years before Yeshua began his teaching, the prophet Micah brought a message of hope to Israel….
Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the sons of Israel, “You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after…
I am a stranger on earth. Hide not your commandments from me. Psalm 119:19 (Abraham Heschel translation) Stranger – John Oswalt’s book, The Bible Among the Myths, is an excellent analysis of the concept of myth in the ancient world. His insights help us see why the Bible is not to be categorized as myth,…
“but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.” Genesis 2:17 NASB Tree of the knowledge of good and evil – What exactly is this “tree” in the Garden? Maimonides makes it clear that it cannot…
“Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.” Job 13:15 NASB Argue – You have abandoned hopelessness (see Friday’s discussion). You have elected to be an optimist in spite of your better judgment (Heschel). You choose hope. But does that mean you just accept life as…
“Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.” Job 13:15 NASB Hope – America’s presidential election day is just four days away. For a great number of people, this day underscores hopelessness about the world. Everywhere we look, things are worse. The newspapers declare another scandal,…
I am a stranger on earth. Hide not your commandments from me. Psalm 119:19 (Abraham Heschel translation) Hide – Where are you going? Ah, the second most important question of life. The angel of the Lord asked Hagar precisely this, and she could not answer him. Can you? Do you really know where you are…
“You neglected the Rock who begot you, and forgot the God who gave you birth.” Deuteronomy 32:18 NASB Gave you birth – It’s pretty difficult to ignore the obvious female characteristic God employs in this self-description. Only women give birth. Does that mean God is female? Of course not; not any more than the descriptions…
For I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands and bring you into your own land. Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. Moreover, I will give you a new heart…
