The Debt

Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,Titus 2:3  NASB Teaching– In the ancient world, older people were treasured for their insight and wisdom.  After all, they had lived through more than the young.  We’ve turned that notion upside down.  In modern civilization, social evolution…

Marching Orders

As I urged you upon my departure for Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus so that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines, nor to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which give rise to mere speculation rather than furthering the administration of God which is by faith.1 Timothy 1:3-4  NASB Instruct– Let’s suppose that you are designated a teacher of others…

The Sublime Wilderness

It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.” Luke 11:1 NASB Teach us to pray – Why would the disciples ask such a foolish question? Are we to assume…

Idolatry by Osmosis (Rewind)

but they mingled with the nations and learned their practices, Psalm 106:35 NASB Learned – In this verse, David described Israel in the 10th Century BC. He might as well have penned this line 3000 years later. Haven’t we mingled with the nations and learned their practices? Aren’t we in the same place as Israel…

Prayer By the Numbers

It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.” Luke 11:1 NASB Teach us – Do you want to pray? Did you ever learn how to pray? Most of us…

David’s Twelve-Step Group

Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will be converted to You. Psalm 51:13 NASB I will teach – Are you saved? Have you been restored to relationship with the Most High? Then you are obligated! Your rescue did not come without a personal price tag. You didn’t pay for the action that…

Delivery Test

He opened his mouth and began to teach them, saying, Matthew 5:2 NASB To teach – “The test of a true sermon is that it can be converted into prayer.”[1] Are you a preacher? Do you lead a Bible study? Do you teach your children or grandchildren the texts of Scripture? Are you an elder…

Teach Your Children Well

teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. . .   Matthew 28:20  ESV Teaching – No, we are not going to investigate the obvious connection between this commandment and Torah.  It’s so obvious we just won’t even mention it.  What we want to ask ourselves is this:  “What does it mean to teach?” …

Oswald Revisited

Go, ye therefore, and teach (disciple) all nations,  . . .”  Matthew 28:19 cited in Oswald Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest Teach (disciple) – My Utmost For His Highest is the most popular daily devotional in the world.  For good reason.  Oswald Chambers lived a life of righteous devotion to his Savior and his…

Degree Mill

“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.”  John 14:26  NASB Teach – In academic circles, a “degree mill” is a company that offers you pieces of paper that claim you have…