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  • Submission or Compliance

    Therefore, I retract, and I repent in dust and ashes.  Job 42:6  NASB 1995 Retract – Submit—to give in, to back down, to capitulate, to agree, to consent, to accede. Comply—to obey, to adhere to, to conform, to acquiesce, to consent, to accept.  Which is it?  Or is it both? The Hebrew term, māʾas, is…

  • Let’s Just Compromise

    Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” John 14:6 NASB The way – “The way.” Is there only one? If I’m right and you don’t agree with me, does that automatically mean you’re wrong? In today’s world, we hesitate to be so “judgmental.”…

  • Political Suicide

    Let every person be in subjection to the governing authorities.  For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.  Romans 13:1 NASB Governing authorities – Rabbi Shmuley Boteach has written a lot of books.  Two in particular are blockbusters:  Kosher Sex and Kosher Jesus.  I can’t say much…

  • Implications, Implications

    because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the Law of God, for it is not even able to do so; Romans 8:7 Does Not Subject Itself – The expression is strong in Greek: ouk hupotassetai.  The negative (ouk) is the unconditional kind.  It is…