The Daily Memo | January 31, 2024 | God’s Name: “I Am.”
Moses was apprehensive about accepting God’s invitation to liberate the people. During the dialogue, God chooses to reveal His personal name to Moses. God says His name is, “I am.” In Hebrew, the meaning comes across with much more meaning. Let’s unpack this for a moment. When God speaks His name, the Hebrew word is […]
The Daily Memo | January 23, 2024 | What’s In A Name
The Lord heard Sarah’s skeptical laughter a year earlier when He promised her husband Abraham that they would have a child. Believing such a thing must have seemed to her like too much of a stretch. But then, this elderly woman’s uncertainty was turned into joy with the miraculous birth of her son. The baby […]
The Daily Memo | January 2, 2024 | Doing Hard Things the Right Way
Doing hard things requires us to be lion-like – bold, steely and courageous. Doing things the right way means being like a lamb – gentle, meek and submissive. We are supposed to be a godly mixture of the qualities of both the lion and the lamb. But how can one person be both ‘the Lion’ […]
The Daily Memo | December 20, 2023 | Unlocking Revelation
It stars Martin Sheen and Marlon Brando. Set in the Vietnam War, Apocalypse Now is a 1979 epic war film. The use of the word ‘apocalypse’ is based on the popular misunderstanding of the word as ‘destruction’. The Greek word apokalupsis, translated ‘revelation’ (Revelation 1:1), is made up of two Greek words – apo (out […]
The Daily Memo | October 20, 2023 | What Does it Mean that Humanity is Made in the Image of God?
Having the “image” or “likeness” of God means, in the simplest terms, that we were made to resemble God. Adam did not resemble God in the sense of God’s having flesh and blood. Scripture says that “God is spirit” (John 4:24) and therefore exists without a body. However, Adam’s body did mirror the life of […]
The Daily Memo | August 3, 2023 | Continue Sinning?
If I am saved and all of my sins are forgiven, why not continue to sin? The apostle Paul answered a very similar question in Romans 6:1-2, “What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it […]
