Tag: Lord

  • Reflections: Israel – a people

    Genesis 32: “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.” When you hear ‘Israel,’ think ‘Jacob.’ When you read Jacob after Genesis 32, remember GOD has renamed him Israel. When you read…

  • Reflections: Eden

    Genesis 2 English Standard Version (ESV) 15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of…

  • lord. What does it mean?

    Jesus is Lord. What does that mean? Is this a Kingly title… like, “Sir Jesus, most exalted ruler” of someone or some land or maybe even some angels? Is that what you mean by, Jesus is lord? I say this tongue-in-cheek, but the question of the title ‘lord’ probably yields a not much better answer in…