Today’s Word
The Scales of Justice
So that He sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. Job 5:11 NASB Sets on high – Eliphaz the Temanite offers Job an answer to his plight. It’s not what you want to hear, and certainly not the explanation Job desires, but it’s a pretty common argument when…
Kissing cousins (3)
and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away. Revelation 21:4 NASB Death – What do we do to blunt the reality of dying? The answer isn’t quite so straightforward as you might imagine. Since death…
Kissing cousins (2)
and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away. Revelation 21:4 NASB Death – Inevitability! The quip “death and taxes” isn’t always true, but “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” and “the…
Kissing cousins (1)
and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away. Revelation 21:4 NASB Eros and Thanatos What do you see in this sculpture? What pulls you in? Does the sexuality of this angel assault you? She exudes…
Kierkegaard to the Rescue
My tongue also will tell of Your righteousness all day long; for they are put to shame, for they are humiliated who seek my harm. Psalm 71:24 NASB Put to same/ humiliated – Ah, we’re back at the beginning, a great place to end. What is the result of being “redeemed,” that is, becoming a soldier in…
Let’s Take “Soul” Out of Salvation
My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You; and my soul, which You have redeemed. Psalm 71:23 NASB Redeemed – By now you know that “soul” is an entirely Greek (and mistaken) representation of a “part” of Man. It’s based on Plato’s view that the rational is the real. The psyche (“soul”) is…
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