History Matters

I considered my ways and turned my feet to Your testimonies.  Psalm 119:59  NASB Considered/ turned – I know, I know.  You’re getting tired of all these grammar lessons.  I’d say the same thing if it weren’t for the interesting variety of translations.  You have to wonder how both Jewish and Christian scholars can justify such…

Money Matters

Incline my heart to Your testimonies, and not to dishonest gain.  Psalm 119:36  NASB Dishonest gain – What is the strategy that prevents humanity from seeking profit by unrighteous means?  Ah, the answer is simple.  History! Incline your heart to God’s testimonies.  What are those?  You’ll recall that “testimonies” is the plural of ʿēdût, a word that…

Teach Your Children Well

For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers that they were to teach them to their children, so that the generation to come would know, the children yet to be born, that they would arise and tell them to their children,  Psalm 78:5-6  NASB Testimony/ law – Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.  Remember? Teach your children…