Today’s Word
Boiling Over
And after looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” Mark 3:5 With Anger – There is no such thing as gentle Jesus, meek and mild. That characterization of Jesus exists only in children’s rhymes and picture books. When you read the…
Living As If
He who mocks the poor taunts his Maker; he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished. Proverbs 17:5 Taunts – Ninety-seven percent of people in America say that they believe there is a god. So what? For the vast majority of these people, the belief that there is a god has absolutely no impact…
Arrogant Affluence
He who mocks the poor taunts his Maker; he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished. Proverbs 17:5 Mocks – Who would dare do such a thing? Who would ridicule, deride, insult or scorn the poor? Actually, most of us. Let me tell you why. First, the word for “poor” here is the Hebrew…
The God Bottle
Behold, the soul of him is puffed up and is not upright, but the just shall live by his faith. Habakkuk 2:4 Faith – We all know the second part of this verse. Paul quotes it in Romans as the centerpiece of the theology of grace. “The just shall live by faith.” We don’t earn…
Shock and Awe
How blessed is the man who fears always Proverbs 28:14 Fears – This verse just doesn’t make sense, unless you know that the Hebrew word is pachad. Otherwise, we would have to figure out why a man who is always fearing is considered blessed. In our world, someone who is constantly in fear can hardly…
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