by Chaim & Laura | Jan 19, 2016 | Devotionals
I Samuel 18:12: “And Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with him and was departed from Saul.” Here we have a powerful king afraid of a little shepherd boy. The word for fear here is yara. This is a fear of respect and awe. The word is spelled...
by Chaim & Laura | Apr 15, 2015 | Devotionals
Ecclesiastes 12:14: “Because God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.” It is interesting that the word for God is haelohim and has an article in front of it. It should more properly be rendered as Because...
by Chaim & Laura | Jan 3, 2015 | Devotionals
Matthew 5:29, “And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast [it] from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not [that] thy whole body should be cast into hell.” I remember hearing this verse read as a...
by Chaim & Laura | Dec 6, 2014 | Devotionals
Deuteronomy 31:18: “And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.” There is a story told by Abraham Heschel a Jewish philosopher. Abraham Heschel often referred to...
by Chaim & Laura | Nov 21, 2014 | Devotionals
Psalms 23:4: “Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.” Most all your English translations will have David saying shadow of death. Indeed it really looks like...
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