Today’s Word
Unity Defined (2)
“keep them in Your name; those you gave to Me, that they may be one as We are.” John 17:11 May Be – Sometimes it takes a Greek phrase to give us deeper insight into a text. This may be one of those times. Most of us read this prayer and assume that Jesus is…
Unity Defined (1)
“keep them in Your name; those you gave to Me, that they may be one as We are.” John 17:11 One – Why are we so divided? Why do we argue over theological details, church policy, evangelical focus? Why does every group of believers build its own steepled fortress? If “ecumenical” is a bad word,…
As Hebrew As It Gets
“keep them in Your name; those you gave to Me, that they may be one as We are.” John 17:11 Keep – If you listened to Jesus praying in the Garden, you would have heard some very familiar words. In this verse, that familiarity could only remind you of one thing – Deuteronomy. “Keep” is…
Out of Time
but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin. Mark 3:29 (with parallels in Matthew 12:31-32 and Luke 12:10) Blasphemes – Do you think that God always forgives? Contemporary Christianity often presents the “all-forgiving” God, implying that no matter what you do, this God will always accept…
Not Enough
Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver Matthew 27:3 Remorse – The usual Greek word for repentance is metanoeo. It means a complete change of mind, a reversal of direction. To repent is to turn back to God; accept…
Stormy Monday
but Jesus was asleep Matthew 8:24 Asleep – Without saying a word, Jesus still reflects an Old Testament perspective on life. To sleep in the midst of a storm reveals complete confidence in the sovereignty of God, just as the Scripture suggests in Leviticus 26:6 (lying down with no concern about trouble), Job 11:18-19 (resting…
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