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  • Gift of the Giver (3)

    You have granted me life and goodness; and Your care has guarded my spirit. Job 10:12  NASB Care – Be very careful with this one.  “It has been said of this verb, which occurs more than three hundred times in the ot; ‘There is probably no other Hebrew verb that has caused translators as much trouble…

  • Advice to Pastors

    shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness; nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock. 1 Peter 5:2-3 NASB Shepherd – Aorist, active,…

  • The Art Of Hebrew Thinking

    To the chief musician, a psalm of David Psalm 41:1 (Hebrew text) Musician – In most of our English Bibles, this address is not counted as a verse.  That’s unfortunate because ignoring it sweeps aside a very important point about Hebrew thought.  David’s praise is directed to the chief musician (natsah).   We are confronted immediately…