that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, [ASV] Phil 2:10 From the last Gem, here are the three challenges before us: I will approach these challenges in reverse order for the simple reason the last one is …
Praise Gems
Bible Gem 630 – Pulling the Pieces Together at the Big Picture Level (Eph 1:11-14)
I thought it would be helpful if I zoomed out from the minutiae of the detailed analysis for a moment to enable you to take in the grandeur of what Paul is writing here. Below are the last few Gems I have written for you. …
Bible Gem 1101 – One Grateful Samaritan (Luke 17:11-19)
As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, He reached the border between Galilee and Samaria. As He entered a village there, ten lepers stood at a distance, crying out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” He looked at them and said, “Go show yourselves to the …
Bible Gem 1060 – How can Jesus Praise a Dishonest Scoundrel? (Luke 16:1-8)
Jesus told this story to His disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a manager handling his affairs. One day a report came that the manager was wasting his employer’s money. So the employer called him in and said, ‘What’s this I hear …
Bible Gem 616 – Praise and Glory of His Grace – Christian Jargon? (Eph 1:6)
to the praise of the glory [more stacked phrases one on top of the other which need unpacking] of His Grace [the final phrase here is the focus of the series that went before it] which He graced to us [a relative clause referring back …