Today’s Word
Salvation!
Rise Lord! Rescue me, my God Psalm 3:8 (translation: Robert Alter) Rescue Me – “ho.shi e.ni.” Say it again, out loud! This one is worth remembering. The Hebrew root is yasha, “to bring help to those in trouble.” The pronoun “me” is attached directly to the verb. That’s what I want – direct connection to…
What Does God Require?
And when we had heard this, we as well as the local residents began begging him not to go up to Jerusalem. Acts 21:12 Began Begging – Leadership doesn’t always mean that others will follow. In fact, in some cases, the leader must blaze a trail alone, even when all the good advice suggests retreat. …
Basic Arithmetic
24 You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. Deuteronomy 4:2 Add / Take Away – Do you think that God is serious when He says we are not to add…
Elective Surgery
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field or his male servant or his female servant, his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor. Deuteronomy 5:21 Covet / Desire – Heart surgery is a really bloody operation. No matter how well prepared…
Attitude Vocabulary
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field or his male servant or his female servant, his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor. Deuteronomy 5:21 Covet / Desire – The seat of action is the attitude of the heart. So, it’s…
The Shift
Now therefore, O kings, show discernment; take warning, O judges of the earth. Psalm 2:10 Discernment / Warning – The first rule of proper interpretation of Scripture is the rule of historical context. If I don’t know what the words would have meant to the audience that first heard them, then I don’t know what…
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