Today’s Word
Anthony Bloom
It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, when He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.” Luke 11:1 NASB To pray – We’ve heard it before. “A man’s prayer is answered when he stakes his life on it.” …
Down Is Up
It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, when He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.” Luke 11:1 NASB To pray – This might seem strange to say, but prayer is my most difficult exercise. Even when I…
Modern Marcionites
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 NASB Good – Marcion of Sinope was born in 85 C.E. in Turkey. Before he died in 160 in Rome, he changed the entire Christian world forever after. How did…
Heschel and Hari
“Please say that you are my sister so that it may go well for me because of you, and that I may live on account of you.” Genesis 12:13 NASB You are my sister – Justifying a paradigm usually means adjusting evidence to fit the assumptions. Scriptural defense of the doctrine of the Trinity is an…
The End of the Beginning (3)
For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of YHWH, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances Ezra 7:10 JPS 1917 To seek – Judaism and Hellenism, Martin Hengel’s magnum opus, might at first glance appear to be a study of the difference between these two streams. At…
The End of the Beginning (2)
For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of YHWH, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances Ezra 7:10 JPS 1917 To seek – Ezra changed forever the way we interact with God. Now we read instead of listen. That wasn’t the only result of this monumental shift. …
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