The “Facts” about Faith

What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life—   1 John 1:1  NASB Heard/ seen/ touched – Don’t you just love John?  He’s so down to earth.  None of that mystical gibberish that we find in Paul (so confusing). …

What Does It Take?

In spite of all this they still sinned and did not believe in His wonderful works. Psalm 78:32  NASB Did not believe – This is quite an amazing statement by Asaph.  In spite of all this!  Those words are very hard to believe.  What more could God have done?  He demonstrates His power over all the Egyptian…

Two Will Do

You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar.  Psalm 139:2  NASB Understand– If God “knows” everything about me, then why do we also read, “You understand”?  Isn’t knowing and understanding pretty much the same thing?  As it turns out, in Hebrew these two ideas are different, and the difference is precisely…

The Living Facts

Now these are the ordinances which you are to set before them: Exodus 21:1 NASB Ordinances – “The service of God is an extremely concrete, an extremely real, literal, and factual affair. We do not employ symbols to make Him understand what we mean. We worship Him not by employing figures of speech but by…

Interpretation via Paradigms

April 1  But the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly mighty, so that the land was filled with them.  Exodus 1:7  NASB Increased greatly – April Fool’s Day seems like a good day for us to examine our own foolishness.  For example, the sixth letter of the Hebrew…