You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not fear!” Lamentations 3:57 NASB Near – Lamentations is not high on our list of “good reads.” It’s basically a funeral dirge coupled with tragic poetry about God’s absence. It’s depressing. We would rather read Psalms. Furthermore, since sin is the cause of all this…
and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you, and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. Ephesians 5:2 NASB Offering/ Sacrifice – Paul does tend to be verbose at times. His Greek is complicated and filled with allusions (typical of a rabbinic midrash). But…
All this I have tested by wisdom: I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me. Ecclesiastes 7:23 Far From Me – Tonight Christendom celebrates a great mystery. It doesn’t matter for the moment that Christians are generally ignorant of the true history of this night. We can correct our mistaken dates…
