In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 NASB In the Beginning – This was written on January 1st, 2009. Recently a reader questioned something about it, and when I looked at what I wrote 14 years ago, I had to agree. It needed some changes. So, for those of you…
casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 NASB Cares – What is a paradox? We could rely on dictionary definitions like this one: “a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true,” but what this really says is that a paradox is only an apparent problem. The definition…
“To whom then will you liken Me that I would be his equal?” says the Holy One. Isaiah 40:25 NASB Will you liken – When we use a verb like dāmâ (to be like, to resemble) with God, we usually form the question in this way: “What is God like?” But you can instantly recognize that this…
“Who is like You among the gods, O Lord? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders?” Exodus 15:11 NASB Awesome – The Greek heritage of the West is focused on one fundamental goal: to rationally understand. The method is examination of phenomena in the world in order to discover causal connections. …
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 NASB In the beginning – Abraham Heschel’s two volume work, The Prophets, is undoubtedly one of the most important theological texts you can read. It’s not simply an analysis of the message of the prophets like you would find in commentaries. It is a tour…
God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent; has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? Numbers 23:19 NASB Not a man – Thomas Aquinas would have gladly endorsed this claim of Moses. …
For I, the Lord, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. Malachi 3:6 NASB Do not change – This is going to be long, but I promise it will be worth it. Christianity is essentially schizophrenic. I don’t mean that “Christians” are in need of psychotropic drugs, although sometimes I suspect their public spokespersons…
“Speak this word to them: ‘Let my eyes overflow with tears night and day without ceasing; for the Virgin Daughter, my people, has suffered a grievous wound, a crushing blow.’” Jeremiah 14:17 NIV Without ceasing – Theology has a deep, intrinsic problem. The Bible doesn’t have this problem because the Bible isn’t theology. Theology is the…
to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. Jeremiah 1:2 NASB In the days of – Theology is the progeny of Hellenism. What I mean is that theology—thinking about God—is not a Hebrew idea. The Hebrew idea is behaving according to…
The word of the Lord which came to Hosea the son of Beeri . . . Hosea 1:1a NASB Which came – Maybe we should give this little investigation a different title. You see, theology is not impossible. Theology is rational thinking about God. Men have been doing theology since the first shaman priest discovered incantation. No, what’s…
