The Scriptures – Page 3

Digging in Deeper: Deuteronomy 20:1

June 8, 2018June 11, 2018Leave a comment

“When you go out to war against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and an army larger than your own, you shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

Reading verses like this in books like this is tough when it comes to the Scriptures. Moses is about two-thirds of the way through his farewell speech to the people of Israel here. And he’s talking about a hypothetical future situation and what the people should do if they are to face something like this. The challenge is this: What on earth are we supposed to do with something like this?

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Morning Musing: James 1:25

May 23, 2018May 22, 2018Leave a comment

“But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

As far as their historical worth goes, the Scriptures have a value that exceeds any other work of literature. They have had more of an impact on human history in terms of shaping and forming the guiding assumptions of people than every other book combined. The King James Version alone has had more of an impact on the English language than Shakespeare did. Simply knowing and understanding the Scriptures without caring two wits about the God they reveal is important if you want to be a well-cultured individual. But, if you want the real blessing they have to offer, you have to go beyond that to committing yourself to doing what they say. Read the rest…

Morning Musing: James 1:22

January 31, 2018January 30, 20183 Comments

“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

Do you read the Bible? You obviously do at least a little bit since you’re reading this. Reading the Bible is pretty enormously important, but not by itself, as James makes clear here and throughout his letter. If we do not also “do” the Bible, it has profited us exactly nothing. Read the rest…

Digging in Deeper: Psalm 119:9, 11

December 8, 2017December 7, 20171 Comment

“How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. . .I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

One day when a group of Pharisees were following Jesus and the disciples around in hopes of catching them doing something wrong so they could discredit them, they noticed that the group was not performing the special washing rituals prior to eating that were prescribed in the Talmud. They pounced. Read the rest…