Today’s Word
Inevitable Consequences
“Who is the wise man who would understand this, what the mouth of the LORD spoke to him, that he might tell it? Why is the land destroyed, laid waste like the wilderness with none passing through? And the LORD said, “Because they forsook My teachings that I set before them and did not heed…
Deliberate Ignorance
Now there was a day when the [b]sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and [c]Satan also came among them. Job 1:6 NASB Sons of God – Some authors have made a lot of the idea that there are multiple divine beings in the biblical account. With verses like this one from the book of…
Blinders
For when we were in the realm of the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death. Romans 7:5 NIV Aroused by the law – Did the Law make me sin? Some might draw that conclusion when they read Paul’s difficult analogy in chapter seven of…
Evangelizing the Jews
and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will remove ungodliness from Jacob.” Romans 11:26 NASB Will be saved – Theresa Newell’s doctoral paper entitled “Preparing the Church to Evangelize Jewish People” is, unfortunately, a typical example of the Christian Church’s “manifest destiny” narrative…
Logistical Nightmares
And the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten some of the produce of the land, so that the sons of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate some of the yield of the land of Canaan during that year. Joshua 5:12 NASB No longer had – As you may know, whenever I…
The Empty Church
not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. Hebrews 10:25 ESV To meet together – Christianity employs this verse and others like it to proclaim that the Bible commands us to join in holy fellowship in the Church. The…
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