Psalm 36 gives us one of the Bible's many descriptions of a "wicked man." At least its opening and closing verses do so. One trait that impressed me late last night was ... "He deviseth mischief upon his bed." Psalm 36:4 The verb "deviseth" is … [Continue reading]
CHRISTIAN “MILITANCY!”
We sing "Onward Christian Soldiers." And "I want to die on the Battlefield." And "When the Battle's Over, I Shall Wear a Crown!" Among many other Hymns that depict the Christian life as a struggle. Paul taught us to "put on the whole … [Continue reading]
“CONTINUALLY …!”
The word occurs 81 times in the King James Bible, best I can count. "Continually," that is. All the way from Genesis 6:5 to Hebrews 13:15, the first instance describing mankind living wicked lives "continually." And the last instance has (saved, … [Continue reading]
SERVING THE LORD, “SKILFULLY!”
There is reason to believe that the Old Testament word for "wisdom" means, at least in part, "having SKILL at godly living!" "Chokmah," the actual Hebrew noun translated "wisdom" (145 times in the Bible) ... is once expressed this way, in the … [Continue reading]
SINS, SINS, SINS!
Psalm 32:5 is one of the truly great Verses of the Old Testament. It records the words of King David (later in the New Testament called "a man after God's Own Heart") as he "gets right" with God, apparently after the Bathsheba affair had … [Continue reading]
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