Category Archives: Final Book

We sometimes forget in our desperation that God has designs upon our lives not always congruous with our own.  He wants to continue the process of molding us, working the clay of our personhood, into someone He can communicate His … Continue reading →

I urge, then, first of all, …  thanksgiving be made for all people – I Timothy 2:1 The word “Thanksgiving” needs no explanation.  When I pray, I must minimize the complaints. I, also, never want to accuse God of not … Continue reading →

The word Vow is a biblical word for prayer that at first glance seems of little import; after all, it is used only once in the New Testament meaning “prayer” and even there scholarship offers little reason why it should … Continue reading →

  Is it reasonable to believe that the ministry the Savior had during His sojourn here toward Israel, He might still have now toward you and me? The Spirit of the … LORD is on me, because the LORD has … Continue reading →

David’s happiness, his sense of connection with his own history, his contentment in his current situation, and his confidence regarding future challenges was indissolubly linked to His love for the Torah, the teaching of God’s Word.⁠1  Elsewhere he referred to … Continue reading →

One of the most interesting sections in the Bible story is God visiting Abraham while the forefather of the Israeli and Arab peoples was standing in the doorway of his tent. The account reads like a homespun yarn that challenges … Continue reading →

On נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת “Saith the Lord” I am not ready to resign myself to the idea that the Hebrew term נְאֻ֖ם for a prophetic utterance used primarily in the prophetic books but found sparingly elsewhere is just a synonym … Continue reading →

It was somewhere in 1999 …ish.  I sat at my computer attempting to work but finding it impossible because of a severe headache.  I was informed later by an orthopedic doctor that I may have had a pinched nerve (a … Continue reading →

Does God speak to us in dreams? There is a the Bible story of Abraham and his young son, Isaac, ascending a mountain where Abraham—we are told— was  instructed by God to offer the lad to God.  We do not … Continue reading →