Today’s Word
Overwhelming Passion
Draw me after you: let’s run! The king has brought me into his bedroom. Song of Songs 1:4 (translated by Tremper Longman III) Draw me – Is the woman of the Song of Songs just out-of-control? Does her passionate desire simply overcome proper decorum? Is she so intent on love-making that nothing will stand in…
Musings on the “Dietary” Instructions
Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places; who eat swine’s flesh, and the broth of unclean meat is in their pots. Isaiah 65:4 NASB Today’s Word edition is authored by Rodney Baker, Adelaide, Australia Unclean – Over the last couple of days I have been pondering and asking God about a…
The Case Law God
. . . that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. Romans 3:26 ESV Just – In our thinking, justice means following the rule of law. But in the ancient Near East, justice is conformity to prior paradigm cases and traditions. In our world, a legal structure…
Degree Mill
“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.” John 14:26 NASB Teach – In academic circles, a “degree mill” is a company that offers you pieces of paper that claim you have…
The God Who Feels
And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented from that calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” . . 2 Samuel 24:16 ESV Relented – Sometimes you have to know the history of a…
Holy Contradiction, Batman!
For as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed is every one who does not abide by all things written in the book of the Law, to perform them.” Galatians 3:10 NASB Works of the Law – Most Christians are taught that Paul converted…
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