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God Wants More for Us
2021-04-28 09:21 Exodus 5:15-21. Moses and Aaron have gone to Pharaoh and asked for the Israelites to be given three days to journey into the wilderness and offer sacrifice to the Lord. Pharaoh says no and says, basic...
An Anchor for Our Souls
2021-04-27 15:19 Hebrews 6:9-20. Paul is encouraging us to persevere. Even if our actions are not yet producing fruit, God is not so unjust as to overlook our works and the love that we show when doing them. We need t...
Pilate Faces the Jesus Question
2021-04-26 10:04 John 18:33-38. John's version of Jesus' trial before Pilate. The first thing Pilate says to Jesus is "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus answers "Do you say that of your own accord, or did o...
(No Longer) In Want of a Shepherd
2021-04-25 09:56 Zechariah 10:1-2. "Ask rain from the Lord... who gives men showers of rain, to everyone the vegetation in the field. For the teraphim utter nonsense, and the diviners see lies.... Therefore the people...
Opposing Forces are Often Forced
2021-04-24 12:02 1 Maccabees 6: 33-39. A description of the Babylonian troops as they prepare for war against Judah. The young king of Babylon is furious with the Jews for rebuilding and fortifying Jerusalem after rou...
It's the End of the World as We Know It
2021-04-23 11:51 Zephaniah 1:17-18. The Book of Zephaniah is very short - just three chapters. The whole thing is one prophecy given to Zephaniah. He starts out by foretelling the coming of the day of the Lord - when ...
Wait For It...
2021-04-22 09:57 Joshua 14. In this chapter the promised land is being allotted to the tribes of Israel. Caleb, of the tribe of Judah, comes to Joshua and reminds him that 45 years ago, when the Israelites arrived at ...
Hard Visions
2021-04-21 11:56 Ezekiel 10:3-8. Part of Ezekiel's vision of the destruction of Jerusalem. Ezekiel has been brought in a vision to Jerusalem by a spirit. The "glory of the Lord" is present there, as well, along wi...
Peter Models Our Mission
2021-04-20 11:15 Acts 10:34-43. Peter's proclamation upon arriving at the house of Cornelius, a centurion. Cornelius was a devout, faithful man who had a vision in which an angel told him to send for Peter. Meanwh...
Zedekiah's Sorry He Asked!
2021-04-19 09:03 Jeremiah 21:1-10. The kingdom of Judah is about to be attacked by Babylon, which will be the beginning of the Babylonian exile. This is after Jeremiah, reluctantly and at great personal cost, had been...