1 Peter 1:24-25 – Endures
God’s word is eternal, but we often label our own ideas and our own interpretations as authoritative, and thus live on withered grass rather tan the eternal word.
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Psalm 119:38 – Raise Up Your Word
Carry out your word to your servant,the one who fears you. The Hebrew word I translate “carry out” carries a variety of freight in a variety of uses. One option is simply to build and establish. I might loosely render it as “Make your word real.” As I study and meditate on scripture, I find…
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Agendas, Conversation, and Bible Reading
It’s not really a new thing, but in a number of conversations recently, both in person and online, I’ve been noticing agendas. Someone will make a comment or say something in a conversation that really doesn’t seem to make sense in context, but then if you consider a different context, you’ll suddenly see that the…
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Psalm 33:3-9 for the Daily Bible Study
I’m continuing with comments on the scripture passages for this week from the Daily Bible Study, which my Sunday School class uses as curriculum. This passage, like most of the passages this week, links God’s Word (whether in words or not) with creation and justice. We are to praise God because his word holds true,…
