Research says most hear 30,000 words a day, and speak 7,000 words a day with some (like my family!) speaking many more. Stephen King encourages new writers to WRITE 1,000 words a day. That’s 40,000 words a day. That being said, when was the last time you looked up a word to ensure you wereContinue reading “WORD CHOICE. James 4:4-5.”
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CARNAL KNOWLEDGE: Sex is not an Action But a Knowing. Luke 1:34.
The phrase “carnal knowledge” has a negative connotation, being a euphemism for sex. But literally it means knowledge of the flesh. The Bible always speaks of sex in terms of KNOWLEDGE. “Adam knew his wife, and she conceived a son,” for example. In our culture, people speak of sex as a happening, an event. ItContinue reading “CARNAL KNOWLEDGE: Sex is not an Action But a Knowing. Luke 1:34.”
LUST = IDOLATRY. Ezekiel 16.
Over the years, I have heard several news reports about babies that have been found in dumpsters. Someone taking out the trash lifts the heavy lid and hears the muffled cry of a baby. Can you imagine that? The babies were adopted and went on to have good lives—but what an origin story! Imagine knowingContinue reading “LUST = IDOLATRY. Ezekiel 16.”
Kinsman-Redeemer.
You sometimes hear it said that Jesus is our kinsman-redeemer. But what is that? The phrase comes from the book of Ruth. Naomi and her husband and sons left Israel during a famine and moved to Moab. In Moab Naomi lost her husband and both sons. She eventually returned to Israel accompanied only by herContinue reading “Kinsman-Redeemer.”
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