Today’s Word

Plato’s Paradigm

Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? Romans 7:24  NASB Wretched – According to Christian thinking, Paul was “saved” from his wretchedness by his belief in Jesus.  He expressed this transition from emotional and mental agony to blessed salvation in the famous passages of his letter to the…
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Progress Report

However, it came about at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were neighbors and that they were living within their land.  Joshua 9:16  NASB   Within – You know the story.  The Gibeonites deceive Joshua and the elders.  They use the hook of emotional compassion to get what they want,…
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Turning the Tables

And the children of Israel did not smite them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. And all the congregation complained against the princes.  Joshua 9:18  Chabad   Complained against – “Except for Josh 9:18, a reference to Israel’s displeasure with Joshua’s handling of the Gibeonite lie, all occurrences of…
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Bound to Deliver

Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.” Genesis 22:2  NASB Take – It’s been almost ten years since we examined this pivotal verse.  Want to review what we’ve already learned?  Here are…
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To Be or To Be

Behold, I was brought forth in guilt, and in sin my mother conceived me.  Psalm 51:5 NASB Brought forth – There is hardly any verse in the Bible that has created more suffering and despair than this one.  Why?  Because coupled with Genesis 3, this verse is the proof that everyone, you and I, are born…
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