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Most people translate shalom as "peace." That is like translating the word "home" as "a building." Technically correct. Deeply incomplete. Shalom is one of the richest words in the Hebrew Bible. It ap...
Most people define grace as "unmerited favor." That is not wrong. But it is incomplete, like a tourist who visits Rome, sees a single fountain, and calls it the whole city. The Greek word behind "grac...
The Bible illustrates the concept of supply through the function of fruit trees. A large tree originates from a single seed that contains the entire genetic makeup of that plant. For the tree to exist...
A courtroom and a cross say the same thing: the debt has been paid. The difference is that the cross paid it for everyone who will ever believe — two thousand years before they were born. Forgiveness...
Attendance can look like faith, but only the heart reveals the truth. Jesus said, "By their fruits you will know them."Matthew 7:20 Paul adds, "If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not...
There is a word in the Hebrew Bible that no single English word can translate. Translators have tried "mercy," "lovingkindness," "steadfast love," "loyalty," and "faithfulness." Every attempt captures...
A psychiatric textbook and a Gospel say the same thing: live in the present moment. The difference is that the Gospel said it two thousand years earlier. Anxiety is not new. It is not a modern conditi...
When God saw darkness, He didn't describe it.He didn't comment on it.He didn't analyze it. He spoke into it: "Then God said, 'Let there be light.'"Genesis 1:3 You're made in His image.And Paul points...
We spend so much energy trying to avoid mistakes, outrun pressure, and make the "right" decisions.But there is a better way: "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God... and it will be given to...
We know God is holy.We know He is righteous.But the bible wants to show something more than that. "God is love."1 John 4:8 Love isn't God's mood.It's Him. And love always moves toward people.Love give...
Abraham didn't become the "father of many" by psyching himself up.God kept giving him new images until his inner world changed. Likewise, Scripture calls us to replace destructive images with God's pi...
When the woman with the issue of blood touched Jesus, she wasn't trying to be noticed.She was trying not to be. But Jesus turned, looked at her, and spoke a single word that revealed the heart of God:...