Today’s Word
Turning the Table on Oppression
“But the LORD is with me like a dread champion” Jeremiah 20:11 Turning the Table on Oppression Dread Champion – God is ruthless too. The same word used to describe people without compassion in yesterday’s verse is used here to describe God Himself. God will never slack from the task nor will He ever show…
Ruthless People
“And I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you from the palm of the evil ones.” Jeremiah 15:21 Ruthless People Evil Ones – Yesterday we discovered that the single word ra (evil) covered all kinds of unholy things. So you might suspect that we would find the…
Deliver Us From Evil
“And I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you from the palm of the evil ones.” Jeremiah 15:21 Deliver Us From Evil Wicked – Jesus knew his Bible. He knew this passage in Jeremiah. Perhaps he had this passage in mind when he taught his disciples to…
The Discipline of the Few
“Know this day that I am not speaking with your sons who have not known and who have not see the discipline of the Lord your God – His greatness, His mighty hand and His outstretched arm.” Deut 11:2 The Discipline of the Few Discipline – The joy of discipline is hard to embrace. We…
Be Happy God’s Way
“That teaching is part of the Good News of the blessed God that he gave me to tell” 1 Timothy 1:11 (NCV) Be Happy God’s Way Blessed – Here’s a case where translation and tradition have conspired to create a very different word picture over the centuries. When we correct the translation, it’s like going…
Too Much of Everything
“You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit” John 15:16 Too Much of Everything Not choose – Os Guinness makes a dramatic point about modern life: there are too many choices. We are overwhelmed with too much of everything. A moment’s reflection (and that’s…
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