It even allowed man to explore the thoughts of his own heart, like a dream spelled out on paper (Daniel 2:30, Psalm 139:23). Just like the collective hive and the individual bee define and perfect each other, so the Hebrew Scriptures are not simply something done with the Hebrew ...
also the word "text". In Psalm 139:13, David described the forming of a baby in the womb with the Hebrew equivalent, namelyסכך(sakak), to weave, from which also comes the nameSuccoth. The profession of Jesus (andJoseph) was not that of "carpenter" but ofτεκτων(tekton...
The meaning of hupol~psis is fortunately fairly constant in Aristotle; it is usually translatable by "judgment" or "belief," and is used interchangeably with doxa.a In 427b16 it is substituted for dianoia. According to Bonitz, ...
Lord is our provider. Lets be thankful because He is our source of everything we need. Our Lord also cares about everything we care and there’s no small thing that He doesn’t know about us. The bible also says that He is our “Our shelter, refuge and hiding place (Psalm 91)”,...
Offering Him a broken and repentant heart (Psalm 51:17), asking Him to search us and test our hearts (Ps. 139:23). Choosing to trust Him and His Word, instead of the people and things of this world. Because if we don’t, we won’t have the love or grace or mercy or strengt...
The Psalmist wrote, “Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world” (Psalm 46:10). The context of this verse makes its message all the more fascinating and appropriate for our times. What
The earthly profession ofJesuswas that ofτεκτων(tekton), or "assembler", which is a word closely related to the words "technology" and "textile" and "text", which all describe synthetic things that are artificially woven together from many individual strands (Psalm 139:13). The human...
Hate requires knowledge and can only exist as consequence of love. One cannot hate what one does not know and one cannot know what one does not love. Since God hates, hate is not intrinsically evil (Psalm 139:21), but virtuous hate requires total knowledge and hate based on incomplete kno...
The Bible makes it clear that we don’t really own our gifts. We are fearfully and wonderfully made by God (Psalm 139:13-14), according to plans he laid out before we were born (Jeremiah 1:5), to glorify him forever. The fact the master owns the money he gave the servants, and ...
21;Matt 25:30), and death (Psalm 88:12). Salvation brings light to those in darkness (Isa 9:2). Although darkness is opaque to man, it is transparent to God (Psalm 139:12). Indeed, God can veil himself in darkness at moments of great revelation (Deut 4:11;5:23;Psalm 18:11)....