Today’s Word
Deep Breaths (2)
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty Proverbs 16:32 NASB Slow to anger – The Hebrew expression is erek apayim. It is a perfect match with the Greek makrothumia. Behind this expression the word ap, a word that describes the nostrils in breathing and the word erek which mean “long.” God…
Deep Breaths (1)
love is patient 1 Corinthians 13:4 NASB Patient – The Greek word is makrothumeo. It comes from two older Greek nouns, makros meaning “long” (i.e. an extended temporal duration) and thumos meaning “passion.” We might think that this mean love has a passion that lasts. That seems very nice, the sort of thing we like…
Holistic Medicine
“Do you wish to get well?” John 5:6 NASB To get well – Yeshua is making his way through the crowd at the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem. To do so he has to pass by a pool. Today, just like every day, it is surrounded by those who cling to life by a thread of…
Battle Strategy
to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against your soul 1 Peter 2:11 NASB Wage war – Strategy seems to be a big deal these days. There is military strategy in the war with terrorism. There is political strategy in the upcoming election. There is a strategy for reaching the world with the gospel. …
Same Word/Different Word
even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, for us to be holy and without blemish before Him in love, Ephesians 1:4 NASB Without blemish – In Greek, negative word constructions are sometimes made up of two combined parts. It is something like our English “un” as in “unfit” or…
Delbert McClinton
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy Jude 24 NASB Blameless – The English translation comes from a combined Greek word (amomous) meaning without spot or blemish. There are connections between this word and non-Christian sacrificial…
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