Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household….
Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household….
I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” Luke 18:8 NASB Faith – When I was a child my family attended a local Protestant church. At age twelve, I was enrolled in a membership class where twelve-year-olds learned…
We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. Romans 12:6a Berean Study Bible Gifts – Paul introduces the subject of gifts with the word chárismata. The Greek text does not designate these as spiritual gifts. Church doctrine often views this word as though it is confined to the spiritual realm, but that is an extension…
For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ Romans 12:4-5a NASB Function – Even in Greek it’s hard to miss the implication here. The Greek word is praxis. The implication is that each member…
“For I know the plans that I have for you,” declares YHWH, “plans for welfare and not calamity to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 NASB Hope -Did you know that this famous passage in Jeremiah is connected to Paul’s remarks about transformation in Romans 12? Probably not. When we read this verse,…
Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household….
We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. Romans 12:6 NIV Gifts – The Greeks recognized a connection between chairo (joy) and edone (pleasure). In later Greek thinking the two terms are barely distinguishable. Alignment with the deepest expression of joy is the truest sense of pleasure. Eric Liddell made the connection when…
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 3:2 NASB Repent – Repentance is the first step to becoming human again (see yesterday’s Today’s Word). Since it is now a vital issue for every homo sapien, we need to explore the concept and process of repentance a bit more. It’s no longer just…
“How often I desired to gather your children in the way a bird gathers her chicks from under her wings.And you did not desire it.”Matthew 23:37 Did Not Desire – My wife and I had a 3AM conversation.Obviously, it was serious.She pointed out, rightly so, that I struggle with the willingness to remove those…
