Who is like You among the gods, Lord? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders?Exodus 15:11 NASB Among the gods – “If we were in a position to feel once more what it means for a god to be in our immediate presence, only an experience of this imminence could open our eyes.”[1] …
Who is like You among the gods, Lord? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders?Exodus 15:11 NASB Among the gods – Walter F. Otto’s seminal work, Dionysus: Myth and Cult, offers important insights into the religious structure of ancient civilizations. In particular, it challenges our modern re-interpretation of these ancient systems because it…
Who is like You among the gods, Lord? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders?Exodus 15:11 NASB Among the gods – Because we live in a post-Christian world, we often forget that ancient civilizations were typically not monotheistic. Hosts of gods filled the divine realm. Israel stood alone in its commitment to a…
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…
