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Personal Passion

“Did he not fear the LORD and entreat the favor of the LORD, and the LORD changed His mind about the misfortune which He had pronounced against them?”   Jeremiah 26:19b  NASB 1995 Entreat – What does it mean to entreat someone?  Even in English we have a difficult time expressing this thought succinctly. Certainly the…
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Reflections on Being Human

Then God said, “Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth.”  Genesis 1:26  NASB Make mankind – I want to…
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Grammar Messages

Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and song, and He has becomemy salvation.”  Isaiah 12:2  NASB Is/has become – Hebrew verbs don’t work the same way as English verbs.  As you already know, the usual copula “is” is not expressed in Hebrew.  Therefore, when this verse is…
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What Day Is That? (2)

Then you will say on that day, “I will give thanks to You, Lord; for although You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me.  Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation.”  Isaiah 12:1-2 NASB Trust – What is…
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What Day Is That? (1)

Then you will say on that day, “I will give thanks to You, Lord; for although You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me.  Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation.”  Isaiah 12:1-2 NASB On that day –…
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A Lesson from the Pagans (4)

Who is like You among the gods, Lord? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders?Exodus 15:11 NASB Awesome – While Walter Otto provides us with an insight into to paradigm of the religious pagan, it is Abraham Heschel who establishes the experiential foundation of our faith, not as a systematic articulation of the…
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