"Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life." (Proverbs 4:23, ESV) There is a sense in Scripture where we are to cleanse ourselves. Later in this letter, James exhorts us, "Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners...
Judah’s response has interpreters scratching their heads and fishing for explanations. Several translations [NIV, NKJV, ASV, ESV] depict a chastened Judah making acomparativestatement, “She ismorerighteous than I” (Genesis 38:26, emphasis added). It strains credulity to imagine Judah exoneratin...
“We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith. He saw the joy ahead of him, so he endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought him. Now he holds the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne.”Hebrews 2:12 (GW) While ...