Blessed Assurance

Be assured, the evil person will not go unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous will be rescued.   Proverbs 11:21  NASB Be assured – You remember the old hymn, “Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine.  Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine.”  Fanny Crosby clearly didn’t get the idea from this Hebrew verse. Why?  Well, the…

The Problem with James

Now faith  is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.  Hebrews 11:1 NASB Faith– James’ letter has always been a problem. In fact, it is such a serious problem that early church councils weren’t sure it should even be included in the canon.  Why?  Because James says crazy things like “What use is it, my…

Life in the Noose

“Your life shall hang in doubt before you.  Night and day you shall be in dread and have no assurance of your life.”  Deuteronomy 28:66  ESV Hang – What picture does the word tala paint?  Tala is defined as “to be suspended in the air with the minimal amount of hooks, to be in an…