I. 1. God’s Sight: Reality as It Truly Is Genesis 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31 “And God saw that it was good … very good.” God’s seeing is evaluative, authoritative, and creative. Key characteristics of God’s sight: * God sees before He declares * God’s sight
I. 1. The Manipulation of Life and Death Genesis 2:17 - "You must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” God establishes a clear moral boundary: obedience leads to life; transgression leads to
I. 1. Ezekiel 3:20–22 — Who Is the “Righteous Man”? “If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits injustice…” My first thought when reading Ezekiel 3:20-22 was "Judas!" Revisiting that thought I had to ask: Do the gospel passages regarding Judas address loss of
Looking carefully at Matthew 24:37-39, Matthew 7:24-27, Genesis 6:11-13, Acts 2:17, and Joel 2:28-32—there’s a coherent thematic thread. I. 1. Matthew 24:37-39 “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
I. 1. The Master and His Household (Matthew 24:45) Jesus, as risen Lord and true Master of the household, defines both authority and responsibility for those who serve under Him. Read together, the following Scriptures clarify what kind of authority He delegates, to whom, and for what purpose. “Who
I. 1. A Living Hope Is Rooted in Resurrection Life The phrase “a living hope” (1 Peter 1:3) is carefully chosen: Scripture uses life-language intentionally. If something is living, it is not static. It grows, adapts, bears fruit, and—crucially—reproduces after its kind. When Peter calls hope living,
I. 1. Immediate Literary Context: Counterfeit Prophecy Ezekiel 13:18 sits inside a very specific polemic, and the “veils” only make sense when read against that wider context rather than through later, generic ideas of veiling. “Woe to the women who sew magic bands on all wrists and make veils
I. 1. Context: A Crisis of Trust in the Word of YHWH Ezekiel is prophesying to a people who have learned how to talk about God without listening to Him. The exile has not silenced prophecy; it has multiplied it. The problem is not a lack of spiritual language, but
I. 1. From Denial to Disruption: “Am I My Brother’s Keeper?” (Genesis 4:9) Cain’s question is not ignorance; it is abdication. * Cain refuses relational accountability. * He treats sin as a private matter rather than a communal rupture. * His question implicitly denies vocation: to be human is to
I want to look at some wisdom literature from the Psalms and Ecclesiastes not as isolated aphorisms, but as a single diagnostic thread tracing the spiritual anatomy of the “fool,” then hold them up to wisdom from the epistles. I. Wisdom Literature 1. “In your anger do not sin” (Psalm
As a veteran of multiple branches of military service as well as multiple campaigns of the same war, I thought it might be interesting to explore biblical figures who would reasonably qualify as military veterans. Here that will be defined as individuals who either: (a) served in organised armed conflict
Paul’s reference to “fourteen years” (Galatians 2:1; cf. 2 Corinthians 12:2) has generated sustained scholarly discussion because Luke’s account in Acts is selective rather than exhaustive. What follows is a disciplined exploration of the main historically and textually plausible possibilities, with attention to what Paul was