“And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground – everything that has the breath of life in it- I give every green plant for food.” If lions are stalking prey in the poetry of Psalm 104, then it must be, at t...
So the imperative verb in the Great Commission is to “make disciples”—that’s not something we would pick up on if we’ve constantly heard a different perspective on the verse. And it’s not something I would have thought to look up on my own. But when I set up that filter in ...
Key Verse Daniel 9:2 2in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the Lord given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years. Based on the concept of approximation, a popular interpretation of ...
“he spoke about plant life, from the cedar of lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of walls. he also spoke about animals and birds, reptiles and fish. from all nations people came to listen to solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.”...
These additional phrases pollute the pure meaning of God’s Word, make it impossible to remember the verse throughout the day and negate the work of the Holy Spirit in illuminating the verse to the human heart. PLEASE STOP ADDING THESE UNNECESSARY AND DISTRACTING BRACKETED ENHANCERS!!! Date ...
It is this first verse that we get the name of the author of this great book. A vision, was one of the ways God revealed Himself to His prophets, sometimes by open revelations and other times by dreams. Abraham, Jacob, Isaiah and many others were called with visions. ...
Okay… Maybe that’s a bit confusing. But, often, it is confusing to consider the human body in the light of the Christian faith. The confusion comes, most strongly, when we think that the body is sinful. The body is not sinful. Nothing created by God is sinful. Trees, birds, water...
The writer accepts that there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, yet human misery stems from not knowing what will happen next. No one can predict when hard times might come. Like fish caught in a net or birds trapped in a snare, people are ensnared at an unfortunate time...
David continues his prayer: “…that I may live according to your truth.” The Hebrew word translated “live” in this verse ishālaḵ, and it can be translated as “to walk” or, more figuratively, as “to live your life.” David knows that living according to God’s truth requires...
In the last verse (v. 17) of this psalm, Christians cannot fail to be reminded of the blessings of the Eucharist in which we are filled with the “finest of wheat” (words found in the Mass texts of the Holy Thursday Evening Mass and the Easter Season), with bread that has become ...