Today’s Word
What Lies Beneath (1)
but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God 2 Corinthians 4:2 Shame – Why are the things of shame hidden? Why not say, “the obviously shameful things”? The answer may lie in the difference between my inner self and my outer observation of others….
One or the Other
but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God 2 Corinthians 4:2 Renounce – Jesus is the man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. According to the Isaiah prophecy, He was rejected by men. John confirms the fact. He came to His own and they spurned…
God’s Education Plan
although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered Hebrews 5:8 Suffered – Have you ever considered just how strange this verse is? Jesus, the perfect Son, the fully dependent man, the sinless example for us all, still had to learn obedience through suffering. Why? If Jesus is the God-Man,…
Waiting for Godot
And immediately coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opening Mark 1:10 Immediately – Waiting for Godot, the famous play by Samuel Beckett, presents a visual reflection on the world’s view of God. We wait, and wait, and wait, but God never quite arrives. In the end, we are simply left waiting…
Delighting God
Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you, and therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you; for the LORD is a God of justice; Isaiah 30:18 Longs – The Old Testament is a great love story. Of course, it also shows us that God is not just a forgiving machine. Sin…
Negotiating with Terrorists
When a man’s ways are pleasing to the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. Proverbs 16:7 Makes . . Peace – God has an answer to terrorism. It’s not the one the world employs. Our solution is political; a mix of failed negotiation and fruitless power. God’s solution is…
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