Today’s Word
Uncreated
then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. Ecclesiastes 12:7 NASB Spirit will return – Pythagoras, the Greek philosopher-mathematician, invented the doctrine of the eternal existence of the soul (in Greek psyche). The ancient world did believe in life after death (e.g., Egyptian burial…
Estate Planning
His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish. Psalm 146:4 NASB Perish – “We’re spending our children’s inheritance,” said the man reclining in the deck chair on the cruise ship. Yes, of course, it was a joke. I’m sure he planned to leave an amount of his estate to his children, but perhaps David’s…
At the Edge
and do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 NASB 1995 Not be conformed – Paul’s exhortation might just be shy of impossible for us. Two thousand…
Here It Comes Again (2)
Then [a]he said to the people, “Go forward and march around the city, and the armed men shall go on ahead of the ark of the Lord.” Joshua 6:7 NASB He said – During the summer we encountered two American girls at a gelateria in Reggio Emilia. Meeting English speaking Americans is still unusual enough to generate…
Here It Comes Again (1)
Then [a]he said to the people, “Go forward and march around the city, and the armed men shall go on ahead of the ark of the Lord.” Joshua 6:7 NASB He (they) said – Did you notice the little footnote in this text. It reads: “Joshua 6:7 Another reading is they.” It’s pretty hard to confuse “he” and “they.” …
Bite the Dust (2)
“By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, until you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Genesis 3:19 NASB Dust – Remember this: The Hebrew word dakkāʾ means both “crushed” and “contrite.” However, it has a second root spelling exactly the…
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