Praise and Worship Music (3)

“The Rock!  His work is perfect, for all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, righteous and upright is He.”  Deuteronomy 32:4  NASB Faithfulness – Does Moses’ next line describe your God?  Is He a God of faithfulness?  First, we need to know about this Hebrew word, emunah.  We have a…

Paul’s Shema (1)

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.  Romans 10:17  NASB Hearing – If you were Paul, the Jewish rabbi Sha’ul, what Hebrew word would you have in mind when you wrote the Greek verb akoe (to hear)?  There can only be one obvious answer – shama.  But as soon as…

Wedding Gifts

“I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, in lovingkindness and in compassion, and I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness.  Then you will know the LORD.” Hosea 2:19-20 Betroth – God offers hope, even for the most miserable, most rebellious, most immoral…

Shooting Blanks

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, Romans 5:1 Justified By Faith – It’s extremely unfortunate that Cardinal Hugo and Joseph Athias divided the Bible up into chapters (introduced about 1240 AD) and Arabic numeral verses (introduced in 1661).  While such conventions became necessary for technological…