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  • Just When We Thought We Were Done

    The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part.  Job 42:12a  NIV More than – We’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the story of Job.  Perhaps we’ve uncovered a few hidden things.  But the real lesson is the meta-text, that is, the assumptions that inform any reading of this story. …

  • Identity Change

    no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.  Philemon 1:16  NASB More than – We often read this verse with Pollyanna eyes.  That is to say, we think that Philemon won’t view Onesimus as a…

  • The Competition

    So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban for another seven years.  Genesis 29:30  ESV More than– Why does Jacob love Rachel more than Leah?  Leah is devoted to Jacob.  Leah gives Jacob many sons so obviously he didn’t maintain sexual distance from her.  Leah pleads for his…

  • The Truth from the Inside

    But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which we have preached to you, let him be accursed.  Galatians 1:8  NASB Contrary – There is a marginal note concerning the translation of this preposition (para) in the NASB.  There should probably be a marginal note…