Job 7:17, “What is man, that you make so much of him, and that you set your heart on him, visit him every morning and test him every moment?” (c.f. Psalm 8:4) Job here associates his suffering—and, indeed, the sufferings of humanity—with the attention of the Lord. If mankind were not under the scrutiny […]
Luke 11:34, “Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness.” “Eye” here means something like “perspective” or “mindset” or “way of perceiving and assigning value to the world.” Jesus is
Revelation 4 + Rev.7:17, 22:1 As John enters into the explicitly apocalyptic section of his book And prepares to detail the progressive dismantling of the world as we know it, it is fitting that he starts with a strong emphasis on the cosmic centrality and sovereign authority of the One True God. That is what
Romans 12:1, “I appeal to you, therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” By His grace, may all that we are, have, and ever hope to be, be daily laid on the altar.
