Today’s Word
No Vacation Plans
“I do not ask Thee to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.” John 17:15 Take Them Out – Jesus wants us to stay. Believe me, there are plenty of days when I would like to leave. I need a permanent vacation from this world. I get tired…
Heroic Consequences
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits with the elders of the land. Proverbs 31:23 The Gates – In God’s world, there is a wife behind the scenes. The husband cannot fulfill his role in the politics of the community unless there is a valiant wife fulfilling her role in the marriage,…
Theoretical Marriage
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall be one flesh. Genesis 2:24 Be Joined – First, let’s lay down the assumptions. Marriage is the normal state of affairs, an essential building block of society, the intended design of the Creator and…
Worth Another Look
A valiant wife who can find? Her price is far beyond corals. Proverbs 31:10 (Waltke) Valiant – So, now we know that the Hebrew role model for daughters of Zion is found in the heroic actions of this poem. But it might be worth looking a little deeper into the actual word used to describe…
Heroine
A valiant wife who can find? Her price is far beyond corals. Proverbs 31:10 (Waltke) Valiant – Hebrew wisdom literature is filled with poetry. It’s not the kind of poetry that we employ since it does not rhyme sounds. Hebrew poetry rhymes ideas or concepts. This is the opening line of one of the most…
It’s Not All Grace
because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight Romans 3:20 Works – Most Christians believe that the Law has no place in the process of salvation. It is grace alone that brings us into fellowship with the Father. There is little doubt that God’s action towards us, and…
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