2021-08-23 16:20 1 Maccabees 2:1-13. This is a lament of Mattathias, father of five sons, including Judas Maccabeus. Mattathius saw the blasphemies being committed in Judah and Jerusalem and laments that he is living ...

2021-08-22 11:10 Isaiah 54:8-10. God tells us that in overflowing wrath he hid his face from us for a moment, but he loves us with an everlasting love and will have compassion on us. He says this is like the days of N...

2021-08-21 13:11 Psalm 75:1-8. God says he will act at the set time and will judge with equity. When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants, it is God who steadies its pillars. He warns the boastful and the wicked...

2021-08-20 16:05 2 Chronicles 3:1-7. A description of the Temple as Solomon is building it. He begins in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. The measurements in cubits are given and a description of the ...

2021-08-19 18:41 2 Maccabees 7:1-2. The beginning of the story of seven brothers who were tortured and killed for refusing the king's order to eat pork. At the very beginning, one of the brothers asks the king "Wh...

2021-08-18 07:46 Job 15:17-24. More of Eliphaz' speech to Job. Here, Eliphaz warns that the wicked man is always in distress. All his years are filled with pain. His ears hear terrifying sounds. Even in his prospe...

2021-08-17 11:22 Revelation 22:12-15. This is a very meaningful one, be forewarned!   Here's the whole reading: "Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense, to repay everyone for what he has done. I am the...

2021-08-16 15:01 James 3:1-5. A warning from James to those who teach the Word of God - James hopes they are few and that they are wise, because teachers are judged with greater strictness. We all make mistakes, but t...

2021-08-15 13:22 Job 37:10-13. A reminder of how God accomplishes his will - through his creation. Ice freezes the waters "by the breath of God," "He loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightni...

2021-08-14 13:33 Matthew 16:21-23. Jesus begins telling his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and "suffer many things... and be killed, and on the third day be raised." Peter takes Jesus aside and says "God forbi...