El Shaddai: What's in a Name? "Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families,…listing every man by name." (Numbers 1:2) In Numbers 1, Moshe (Moses) is commanded to take a census of all adult…males. They are numbered according to family, by their father's houses,…according to name. In Hebrew, names carried […]
The name of God "O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!" (Psalm 8:1) Shakespeare wrote, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Essentially, he was saying that it doesn't really matter what someone or something is called; the […]
“How can we enter into God's rest?”……Answer: The concept of entering into God's rest comes from Hebrews 3-4. What is this rest the Hebrew writer is talking about? How do we enter it? And how do we fail to enter it? The writer to the Hebrews begins his discussion of God's rest in chapter 3 […]
“How can I know if I am hearing God, hearing Satan, or hearing my own thoughts?”……Life is full of decisions we must make that do not have absolute, specific-by-name, how-to directions in the Bible. How many hours a day should my kids watch TV? Is it okay to play shoot-ÔÇÿem-up video games? Am I allowed […]
The Gifts of God…James 1:17…Whatever is good and perfect comes down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens.( Greek from above, from the Father of lights. )…He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.( Some manuscripts read He never changes, as a shifting shadow does.) In the days […]
Does it matter which God you call to? Q: “People often pray to a ‘God’ in hard times. Is everyone praying to the same God? Does it matter which God you call to?” People today like to believe that whoever you are praying to is fine. It doesn’t matter if it’s a Hindu god, a […]
“How can I see the hand of God moving in my life?”……Several Scriptures describe the hand of God moving and guiding people (1 Samuel 5:112 Chronicles 30:12Job 19:2127:11Ecclesiastes 2:249:1). These passages do not mean that God literally has a hand. The Bible declares that God is spirit (John 4:24), that He does not, in His […]