Today’s Word
A Tender and Delicate Sadness
“Man, who is born of woman, is short-lived and full of turmoil.” Job 14:1 NASB Man – I still have places to go. Katmandu, Nepal Paro Taktsang Monastery, Bhutan Skógafoss, Iceland Anse Lazio Beach, Seychelles Ashikaga Flower Park, Japan Cao Bang Ban Gioc Waterfall, Vietnam Caño Cristales, Columbia Raja Ampat, Indonesia Dongchuan, China Marble Caves, Chico, Chile…
Air Time
And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking about in the garden . . . Genesis 3:8a Robert Alter Walking – Sometimes our English translations cripple Hebrew intention. Verses become pedestrian instead of surprising. We read them as if they had nothing more to say than our simple-minded interpretation. We reduce the biblical…
The Moral Outcast
My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness. Psalm 38:5 NASB Wounds/ foolishness – Umbrellas. That’s how you must think when it comes to Hebrew vocabulary. Big umbrellas. Lots of space underneath. Lots of places for words to shift and change and rearrange. And all that moving around means we might find something important in the…
Boy, You’re Gonna Carry That Weight
For my guilty deeds have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they weigh too much for me. Psalm 38:4 NASB Heavy burden – Let’s start here CLICK. In my last year at the University of Washington, before an exam I would go to the sound studio and play Abbey Road—loud! I wouldn’t think about…
Sin and Suffering
For Your arrows have sunk deep into me, and Your hand has pressed down on me. There is no healthy part in my flesh because of Your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. Psalm 38:2-3 NASB Your indignation – Look who’s responsible! If God runs the universe, then He must be the one behind…
Riddle Resolved
“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 NIV Sting – Abraham Heschel once described Christianity as a religion of death. …
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