Today’s Word
Hebrew Political Correctness
So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free. John 8:36 NASB Free – Freedom is an important idea in the modern world, so important that there’s a blessing about it in one version of the Siddur. Here’s the blessing from a Siddur: But here’s the same blessing in the orthodox Siddur Ashkenaz:…
Freeing Yourself (2)
So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free. John 8:36 NASB Free – eleutheróō. “To set free.” The Greek verb is contrasted to being a slave. To be set free is to be redeemed from slavery. This is not merely a political act. To be really free is to experience independent self-determination. …
Freeing Yourself (1)
So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free. John 8:36 NASB Free – Did you read the statements of Jonathan Sacks from yesterday’s edition? Oh, if you didn’t, then go back before you read this. Do you remember what he wrote? “Atonement and forgiveness are the supreme expressions of human freedom –…
Something from Jonathan Sacks
Different cultures tell different stories. The great novelists of the nineteenth century wrote fiction that is essentially ethical. Jane Austen and George Eliot explored the connection between character and happiness. There is a palpable continuity between their work and the book of Ruth. Dickens, more in the tradition of the prophets, wrote about society and its…
Curious George Exegesis
No one who is [a]emasculated or has his male organ cut off may enter the assembly of the Lord. Deuteronomy 23:1 NASB Emasculated – You’ll notice that there’s a footnote to the word “emasculated” in this verse. Oh, by the way, I would be very surprised if you have ever heard a sermon preached from this verse. …
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