for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God Hebrew 11:10 Looking For – You could say that Abraham was a man without direction. He spent most of his life following a God toward a place he never arrived. He demonstrated his faith by obedience in spite of…
All flesh is grass, and all its grace as the flower of the field. Isaiah 40:6 Grass – “The difference between truth and fiction is that fiction has to make sense.” So said the ex-Communist colonel in the recent film, The International. This is great script writing. We do expect our novels to make sense. …
“Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die” Albert King Evangelical Christianity has convinced the world that the goal of salvation is a ticket to heaven. Nothing could be further from the truth. Albert King, one of the great blues guitar players, performed a classic rendition of The Sky Is…
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome. 1 John 5:3 Burdensome – It’s a real dilemma, isn’t it? John, under the inspiration of the Spirit, tells us that the summation of God’s love is found in keeping His commandments. He doesn’t say keeping the…
Therefore, let no one act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or Sabbath days Colossians 2:16 No One – Every letter Paul wrote fits into the cultural context of the audience he addressed. The first principle of biblical interpretation is to determine…
This is how we know we are in him: whoever claims to live in him must walk as Yeshua did. 1 John 2:5-6 (NIV) Walk – It seems pretty clear, doesn’t it? John says that if we claim to be in Christ, we must walk as He did. The Greek verb, peripateo, is a nice…
according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets Romans 16:25-26 Mystery – “Why don’t they see it?” The question concerned the Jews, but it could just as easily be applied to anyone who finds the claims…
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” Psalm 14:1 Fool – Answer this question: Since the Hebrew worldview is about proper action, not proper thinking, what does the word nabal (fool) mean? Those who have a Greek metaphysics will think of the fool as someone who is intellectually diminished. In politically…
The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, Judges 6:1 Evil – How many times does it take to learn the lesson? That seems to be the theme of the history of Israel in the book of Judges. This verse expresses the common occurrence of Israel’s apostasy; all the more amazing…
See, I have longed for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life. Psalm 119:40 Longed For – How do you know what God wants you to do? Sure, some choices are obvious. The commandments, for example, spell out correct choices. But what about the hundreds of life choices that aren’t mentioned in some biblical…
