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Proverbs 31

March 19, 2009

The last chapter of Proverbs is best-known for it’s section on the “virtuous wife” – that ideal woman of dreams. But she is actually the third of three sections in chapter 31.
Like in chapter 30, we know nothing of Lemuel or his mother, except that he was a king and that God’s people recognized him/them [...]

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Proverbs 21

February 26, 2009

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants. (21:1)
I think this concept is giving a lot of people hope right now in the middle of our current government situation. Part of God’s sovereignty is that even human government (established by God [...]

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Isaiah 1:4

February 7, 2008

Working steadily through Isaiah we come to 1:4 – “Alas, sinful nation, people weighed down with iniquity.” (NASB)
Under the crushing weight of accumulated iniquities the whole nation is pictured as bowed and weighted down. … How can iniquity rest heavily upon a person or nation? Iniquity itself is something intangible, and hence cannot be a [...]

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A new study

January 31, 2008

I started today a new personal study that I have wanted to undertake for several years – a comprehensive work through the book of Isaiah. Unfortunately, because I don’t know Hebrew, I can’t make my own translation of the book (like I am of Ephesians). However, I’m excited to read Edward J. Young’s commentary, The [...]

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