My Name Is

As is Your name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness. Psalm 48:10 English NASB (Hebrew Bible 48:11) As is Your name – What is your name? Ah, but I am not asking about the appellation you received at birth. I am asking about the…

True Believer (1)

The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.  Acts 3:13  NASB The God of – What God do you serve?  Perhaps this is really the most important…

Cultural Grammar

At that time people began to call on the name of the LORD.  Genesis 4:26  ESV Name – Explain the grammatical connections and implications of calling someone’s name.  Let’s see.  In English (and also in Greek and most Indo-European languages), a name is a phonetic marker that represents some entity.  More importantly, it is an…

Salt in the Wound

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Matthew 28:19  ESV In the name of – In his book, Epidemic: Examining the Infected Roots of Judaism and Christianity, Russ Houck suggests that the phrase “baptizing them in the…

Naming the Beast

The beast that you saw was and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go to destruction.  And those who dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast,…

What’s His Name?

 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the dispersion: Greetings.   James 1:1  ESV James – If we’re going to study the work of someone, it might be useful to know the author’s name.  It might be useful to know the author’s heritage and past influences and…

Adam’s Taxonomy

Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.  Genesis 2:19  NASB Name – Adam must have worked overtime.  Can…

Pollution Control

And I, I shall set My face against that man, and shall cut him off from the midst of his people, because he has given of his offspring to Molek, so as to defile My sanctuary and to profane My holy Name. Leviticus 20:3 (my translation) Holy – “Above all, the name of God is…