Today’s Word
Inexcusable
Deliver those being taken to death, and hold back those swaying and being led to slaughter. If you say, “We knew nothing about this,” does not even he who weighs motives discern [the truth]? Proverbs 24:11-12 Waltke We Knew Nothing – Do you really want to live according to the Biblical view? If you do,…
The Gospel We Read
and what things you learned and received and heard and saw in me, practice these things, Philippians 4:9 In Me – The truth is that the combination of these two tiny words (en emoi – “in me”) scares me to death. I simply can’t imagine telling someone to look at me, listen to me, study…
James In Reverse
Do all things without murmurings and disputings, Philippians 2:14 Murmurings and Disputings – If any verse has been taken out of context, this is the one! Were you instructed by your parents that this verse was the reason you should comply with the household rules? Has anyone ever used this verse to shame you into…
An Unfulfilled Life
For it is written, “Rejoice, barren woman who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in labor; for more are the children of the desolate than the one who has a husband” Galatians 4:27 Desolate – Yesterday we looked at the word, eremos, translated 32 times as “desert” or “wilderness.” But…
The Heart of Darkness
But He Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray. Luke 5:16 Wilderness – It’s likely that you have a marginal note in your Bible about this word. You see, it literally means, “lonely places.” The Greek is tais eremois. It’s plural – more than one place. And the verb literally means “withdrawing.” …
The Other Word For Spend
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. James 4:3 Spend – James would never survive in this world of politically correct speech. You see, he doesn’t try to soften the vocabulary at all. He uses the Greek verb dapanao. While it…
Search more than 9000 word studies here
Recent Today’s Word
- Turning the Tables
- Bound to Deliver
- To Be or To Be
- Measure for Measure Revised
- Shades and Nuances
- Madness
- Social Collapse
- Change of Subject
