Who Caused the Plagues? What Are the Plagues About?
Exodus 8-10 covers 8 of the 10 plagues that occurred in Egypt. I think what I would call the traditional, standard, or conventional reading...
Did God Forsake Jesus?
“And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, my God, why...
What Is the One Thing Jesus Spoke Plainly?
“And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, ‘See, we are going up to Jerusalem,...
Experiencing Jesus Opens the Bible: Part 3 – A Low Whisper
(This post is Part 3 of the series Experiencing Jesus Opens the Bible. The other posts in the series are Introduction, Part 1...
What Work Is Forbidden on the Sabbath?
In my last post, we saw that the man supposedly killed by God for picking up sticks on the Sabbath was actually a picture...
Why Is Immediately Used So Much in the Gospel of Mark?
“And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on...
What Is Repentance toward God and Faith in Jesus?
“How I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house, testifying...
What Is the Wrath of God?
“Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath...
Egypt, Assyria, and Israel in That Day
In Isaiah 19:16-25, there is an interesting confluence of Egypt, Assyria, and Israel “in that day.”Why does verse 24 say, “In that day Israel...
Solomon Asked for a Hearing Heart, not Wisdom
It’s interesting what we come to “know” because we have heard it repeated so many times. For example, we’ve probably all heard countless times...