Today’s Word
Put on Your Thinking Cap
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 2 Timothy 3:16 NIV Is useful – No, we’re not going to spend any more time investigating the meanings of “Scripture” or “God-breathed” or any of the participles of action that follow. We’ve been over that ground time and again. What…
All Together Now
the Jews rose up together against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat, saying, “This man is inciting the people to worship God contrary to the law.” Acts18:12b-13 NASB Contrary to the law – How do you read this verse? These are orthodox Jews claiming that Paul’s message encourages men to worship a false God. Were…
When the Bible Lies
One who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will lodge in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!” For it is He who rescues you from the net of the trapper and from the deadly plague. Psalm 91:1-3 NASB Plague – The Black Plague killed between…
An Alien Beginning
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven. Genesis 2:4 NASB The account of – The King James renders this verse as “these are the generations of.” This represents the Hebrew tôlēdôt, but it misdirects us in English. The English word…
God of the Unconscious
For You created my innermost parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, because I am awesomely and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well. Psalm 139:13-14 NASB Innermost parts – We assume, correctly, that the Hebrew kilyotāy’ in this verse isn’t about kidneys (its literal translation). …
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