Taking Off the Blindfold

Open my eyes, that I may behold wonderful things from Your Law.  Psalm 119:18  NASB Open – Are you blindfolded and don’t even know it?  Are you sitting in the cave starring at the wall, seeing shadows of things passing behind you and thinking that those shadows are real?  Well, here’s the solution.  גָּלָה (gālâ)…

Moving the Dot

Then he took up his discourse and said, “The declaration of Balaam the son of Beor, and the declaration of the man whose eye is opened; the declaration of him who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of [f]the Almighty, falling down, yet having his eyes uncovered,  Numbers 24:3-4  NASB Is opened – Rabbi Shraga…

The Rule of Compassion

but you shall fully open your hand to him, and generously lend him enough for his need in whatever he lacks.  Deuteronomy 15:8  NASB Fully open –  Today is Yom Kippur, a day to reflect on God’s forgiveness.  It’s easy to recall our obvious faults, those behaviors that pulled us away from God in this last year, but…

The Blind Side

Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, Luke 24:45 NASB Opened – Michael Heiser offers some very important insights into the original biblical authors’ perspectives. He helps us realize that we are constantly seduced into thinking that these men (and women) use words in the same way that we do. His refreshing look…

Paradigm Shifts

And they said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?”  Luke 24:32  NASB Explaining – Years ago Paul Little wrote a small book called Know Why You Believe.  Like many other evangelical books, its premise…