Today’s Word
Beyond the Math
The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. Psalm 19:7 NIV Law – Yesterday we introduced an interesting mathematical puzzle concerning the occurrences of tôrâ. Today we’ll look more seriously at the scope of this most-important word. In general, tôrâ as a verb falls into two categories. The…
Let’s Play with the Numbers
The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. Psalm 19:7 NIV Law – Anyone who reads Today’s Word knows that the Hebrew word for the translation “law” is tôrâ. Perhaps you also know that the Greek translation is typically nómos, found throughout the apostolic writings. If we consult…
Hurrying Too Much
Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge, and one who hurries [a]his footsteps [b]errs. Proverbs 19:2 NASB Errs – “Err” is a funny word. Just the look of it is odd. In this biblical translation, it’s used for the Hebrew ḥāṭāʾ (חָטָא), the most common word for “sin.” That causes the NKJV…
A Different Blessing
God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1:28 NASB To them – This is the first time…
What the Hell?
And if your eye is causing you to sin, throw it away; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be thrown into hell, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not extinguished. Mark 9:47-48 NASB Hell – Rather than read something I wrote, let’s take…
Written in Stone
Remember, please, the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples; Nehemiah 1:8 NASB The word which You commanded – Nehemiah is a personal account of the effort to reconstruct fallen Jerusalem. It’s a vivid, compelling, intensive story of one man’s fervent desire to restore…
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