In Hebrews 4, four invitations are provided to the believers to come to a place of victory and maturity. Each invitation begins with the phrase, “Let us…” Hebrews 4.1 – Let us therefore fear… Hebrews 4.11 – Let us labor...
Recently, I posted about the inherent pitfalls and dangers that may accompany word studies. The dangers come when context is ignored, when a word is lifted from a text because “that’ll preach,” or when a dictionary is consulted and a definition is chosen that supports...
Isaiah 6.1, In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne… I am thankful for the love and grace of God. Yet, when the cherubim, seraphim, and angels all gather round the throne, this is not the virtue they extol. Rather,...
We’ve all heard the judgment made against a non-biblical preacher, “He just offered up pop psychology.” In these types of comments, psychology is cast as either evil or at the very least, antithetical to biblical truth. There is a movement today in counseling that...
OK, I admit it. I’m a lover of words. I actually enjoy studying the etymology of words and learning some of its history. I can be a “word nerd.” Given that disposition, I enjoy word studies. Many times a good word study has shed light and provided a...
