Today’s Word
Spatial Priorities
My times are in Your hand; save me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me. Psalm 31:16 Times – Let’s think about time. What seems so obvious turns out to be much harder to conceptualize than we thought. What is this thing called “time”? As soon as we begin to…
Order-Takers
For not the hearers of the law are justified with God but the doers of the law shall be justified. Romans 2:13 Doers – This is a nearly impossible verse for Augustine and Luther (and those who follow their lead). It’s impossible because Paul unequivocally says that those who do the commandments of God are…
All For This
For in six days YHWH made the heavens and the earth, . . . Exodus 20:11 In Six Days – How long did it take God to make the earth? Careful. We usually think that God created the earth on one of the days of creation. One day He made light. One day He made…
Whoa!
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is the keeping of the commandments of God. 1 Corinthians 7:19 What Matters Is – Those who claim that the writing of Paul set aside the Law and proclaim the age of grace tend to read only the first half of this verse. Since circumcision…
Graceland (1)
And it shall come to pass, if you carefully listen to my commandments which I command you today, . . . Deuteronomy 11:13 Carefully Listen To – Rabbi Joshua ben Karha said, “Why does the section, Hear, O Israel (Deut 6:4-9) precede the [section] and it shall come to pass if ye shall harken [diligently…
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