Jude’s Law

to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.  Jude 1:25  NIV Only – Jude wrote this letter toward the end of the first century CE.  By then Messianic assemblies were established in many cities of the Mediterranean world.  Jude’s language shows…

The Wise Craftsman

“Now I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, endowed with understanding, the son of a Danite woman and a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone and wood, and in purple, violet, linen and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to execute any design which may be assigned to…

The Learning Curve

Who is wise? Let him give heed to these things, and consider the lovingkindness of the Lord. Psalm 107:43 NASB Who is wise? – I’ve been at this awhile. Actually 6,700 Today’s Word additions so far. Obviously, not quite enough. There are still many more unanswered questions. It is a lifelong process and I am…

Value Adjustment

Where is the wise man?  Where is the scribe?  Where is the debater of this age?  Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 1 Corinthians 1:20 Foolish – Eve got some good advice.  If you want to be like the gods, you have to break the one God’s rule.  If you want…

Biblical IQ

All this I have tested by wisdom:  I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me. Ecclesiastes 7:23 Far From Me – Tonight Christendom celebrates a great mystery.  It doesn’t matter for the moment that Christians are generally ignorant of the true history of this night.  We can correct our mistaken dates…

Wisdom of the World

and when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate  Genesis 3:6  To Make One Wise – I hope you aren’t getting tired of this story.  We have just…