And He said, “Who told you that you were naked?” Genesis 3:11 NASB Who – It’s the question that doesn’t belong? It’s the question that only produces more questions but no answers. “Who told you?” Well, the conversation with the serpent doesn’t say a thing about nakedness. So if you thought Adam should have said,…
And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” Luke 9:23 NASB Deny himself – Abraham Heschel completed A Passion for the Truth just days before he died. In that book he compares the impact and influence…
Thus he shall purge the Shrine of the uncleanness and transgression of the Israelites, whatever their sins; and he shall do the same for the Tent of Meeting, which abides with them in the midst of their uncleanness. Leviticus 16:16 JPS In the midst of – Where is God when we sin? Do we banish…
Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. Romans 6:4 NASB Walk – I got an email. “It is certainly not your responsibility to help me but…
and I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades shall not overpower it. Matthew 16:18 NASB My church – What a difficult verse! What theological wars it has perpetrated! What schisms it brought to Christendom! Partly because we didn’t hear…
Then He warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ. Matthew 16:20 NASB Warned – As a result of Nineteenth Century German criticism, the idea of the Messianic secret was born. From that point on, certain theologians began to proclaim that Yeshua never really claimed He was the Messiah. …
So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Exodus 2:24 NASB Remembered – American Christianity is unique in its stress on the victorious life, its expectation of rescue at any moment, its theology of personal salvation, its assumption of assured deliverance, and its spiritualization of Kingdom battles. In…
O Elohim, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have related to us, the work You did in their days, in the days of old. Psalm 44:1 ISR The work You did – I must confess. I can’t hold it in any longer. The current praise and worship music drives me crazy. It sounds…
You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD. Leviticus 19:18 NASB Neighbor – Proxy Christianity is a wonderful way to avoid the real world. It allows me to simply pay for someone else to share in…
Tradition is a fence for the Torah; tithes are a fence for riches, vows are a fence for abstinence; a fence for wisdom – silence. Rabbi Akiva, Pirke Avot 3:17B Fence for riches – Rabbi Akiva was one of the most famous and most adored of all the ancient rabbis. His martyrdom at the hands…
