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  • The Pleasure Principle (1)

    Then Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Lord, why have You brought harm to this people? Why did You ever send me? Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done harm to this people, and You have not rescued Your people at all.”  Exodus 5:22-23 Have not rescued – Today I’ll share…

  • Dis-Agreement

    This is the way of those who are foolish, and of those after them who approve their words. Selah  Psalm 49:13  NASB Approve – When is agreement an obvious mistake?  According to this psalm, when it aligns with the choices of the foolish.  Ah, but Hebrew has three words translated “fool,” and they don’t all mean the same…

  • City Sights

    Surely Your servants take pleasure in her stones, and feel pity for her dust.  Psalm 102:14  NASB Take pleasure/ feel pity – Taken out of the context of metonym, this verse doesn’t make much sense.  Consider its surface meaning.  When you walk through the City of David (Zion), would you find favor in the stones…