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υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, υἱὸς HUIOS TOU THEOU τοῦ ἀνθρώπου HUIOS TOU ANTHROPOU Like the Father and the Holy Spirit, Jesus is God. He always was, always is, and always will ...

YAHWEH ROPHE The Hebrew word rophe means “heal,” “cure,” “restore,” or “make whole.” Shortly after His people left Egypt for the Promised Land, God revealed Himself as Yahweh Rophe, “the ...

ISH ִאישַׁ Ish is the Hebrew word for “husband” in Hosea 2:2, 16. The word ba’al in the Hebrew Scriptures can also be translated “husband” (as well as “lord,” “owner,” ...

λέων ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς Ἰούδα LEON EK TES PHYLES IOUDA Only once in the New Testament is Jesus described as a lion. The book of Revelation (named in part for ...

Editor’s note: Come face-to-Face with the God of Scripture. Ann Spangler’s book Praying the Names of God for 52 Weeks is a deep dive into the names of God to ...

Though his head is large, it seems like wasted space for a man who thinks only of the smallest things — like whether the latest delicacy has been properly prepared ...

Ab, Abba, PaterThe NameThough the Old Testament provides many rich names and titles for God, the New Testament reveals Him most fully. Jesus, in fact, shocked and offended the religious ...

Yahweh Tsuri What better word than “rock” to represent God’s permanence, protection, and enduring faithfulness? When you pray to the Lord your Rock, you are praying to the God who ...

When God Surprises Everyone You are a lion’s cub, O Judah. — Genesis 49:9Judah remembers the story as though it happened yesterday. He feels it in his gut, like a ...

A Prodigal Wife Learns the Meaning of True Love For your Maker is your husband — the Lord Almighty is His name — the Holy One of Israel is your ...

The Lie That Broke God’s Beautiful World The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? — Jeremiah 17:9Bzzt, bzzt. She swats the flies away, ...

The Lord Who HealsYahweh Rophe The Hebrew word rophe means “heal, “cure,” “restore,” or “make whole.” Shortly after his people left Egypt for the Promised Land, God revealed himself as ...

To many people in the modern world, God seems remote and unconcerned, living light years away in another dimension called “Heaven.” Does God, the Creator of the entire universe, honestly ...

She [Hagar] gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees ...

But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him ...

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. – Colossians 3:13John Paul Lederach has spent ...