Today’s Word
The Pharaoh Syndrome
Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. Numbers 21:6 NASB Sent – The Hebrew verb šālaḥ has three different linguistic domains. The first is the way we typically read a verb like “send,” i.e., compelling or transmitting someone or something from one place to another. …
Unquestioned Revelation
And on that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. John 16:23 NASB On that day – I read Oswald Chamber’s My Utmost for His Highest daily for many years. My copy is thread worn…
Three Things You Can Never See Again
The Azure Window, Gozo, Malta – collapsed The famous waterfall near Irazu volcano, Costa Rica, destroyed in earthquake On the way up, before it was finished. The Freedom Tower, NYC I am lucky to have taken these, to have been in the right place at the right time. But isn’t that the secret to life?
Political Prayer
Lord, how my enemies have increased! Many are rising up against me. Psalm 3:1 NASB Enemies – Have you noticed how often the psalms speak about enemies? This verse from the third psalm is just one example. Psalms 4 and 5 contain the same idea, and, of course, so do many, many others. These psalms are…
Who Makes the King?
“And I—I appointed My king on Zion, My holy mountain.” Let me tell as is due of the LORD. He said to me: “You are My son. I Myself today did beget you.” Psalm 2:6-7 Robert Alter Beget – Perhaps the first thing we need to read about this verse is Alter’s comment: “Despite Christological…
The End of the Game
A good name is better than good oil, and the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth. Ecclesiastes 7:1 NASB Day of one’s death – Qohelet (Koheleth, “the Teacher”) is an empirical pessimist. That alone made the decision to place this work within the canon quite controversial. It’s virtually impossible that the material was written by…
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