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    Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.  Psalm 119:135  NASB Shine upon – An idiom, of course.  But a nice one with a long, long history.  The idiom is based on the verb ʾôr, found first is the fifth verse of Genesis.  It means “to become light, to shine.” “Light is…

  • No More Sun God

    Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty expanse. Psalm 150:1 NASB Praise – One of the consistent themes of pagan worship is the worship of the sun. In fact, the Christian idea of Sunday worship is actually derived from this pagan practice, not, as most preachers suggest, from the…

  • Just Wait Awhile

    each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work. 1 Corinthians 3:13 NASB Will become evident – “Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.” Remember that childhood Sunday school song?…