Today’s Word

Do Your Best

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 NASB Be diligent – So what’s it to be? NASB tells us to “be diligent.” ESV, NRSV, NLT and NIV say, “Do your best.” KJV uses the time-honored…
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Who is He?

But he said to me, “Do not do that. I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brethren the prophets and of those who heed the words of this book. Worship God.” Revelation 22:9 NASB Do not do that – A strange change in capitalization occurs in the NASB of Revelation 22. The…
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End of the Line

Let the one who does wrong, still do wrong; and the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let the one who is righteous, still practice righteousness; and the one who is holy, still keep himself holy. Revelation 22:11 NASB Still – Just keep going in the same direction and you will arrive at…
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Ending with a Whimper

You have placed our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence. For all our days have declined in Your fury; we have finished our years like a sigh. Psalm 90:8-9 NASB Secret sins – OK, so how do you want to end? It’s coming, you know. Every day a bit…
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What You Don’t Know

“Stolen water is sweet; and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”Proverbs 9:17 NASB In secret – How foolish are we? Proverbs might help us decide the answer to this question. The woman of folly (‘eshet kesilut – “woman of insolence, stupidity”) is the public enticement to those who are attempting to follow the straight path….
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Servant Song

The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the LORD GOD concerning Edom—We have heard a report from the LORD, and an envoy has been sent among the nations saying, “Arise and let us go against her in battle”— Obadiah 1:1 Obadiah – We should be able to handle twenty-one verses, don’t you think? One of the…
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