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There is No Truth or Justice in Them
2021-08-03 09:47 1 Maccabees 7:12-18. The foreign king Demetrius sends one of his friends, Bacchides, along with the treacherous high priest Alcimus to take vengeance on the people of Israel for Judas Maccabees' d...
Follow Him on the Way
2021-08-02 17:13 Mark 10:46-52. The blind begger Bartimaeus hears Jesus is passing by with "a great multitude" and begins crying out to him "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me." Many tell him to be quiet, but he cr...
What Idols are We Trusting Instead of God? (Tech is One!)
2021-08-01 13:54 Psalm 135:13-18. The Lord's name endures forever, his renown throughout all ages. He will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants. The idols of the nations are silver and gold - t...
Our Shepherds Better Be Herding Us in the Right Direction
2021-07-31 13:23 Jeremiah 25:22-38. Part of Jeremiah's prophecy about the fall of Judah. The Lord says that "evil is going forth from nation to nation and a great tempest is starting from the farthest parts of the...
We're Being Good, Why Can't We Just Be Left Alone?
2021-07-30 16:33 Ezekiel 39:1-6. Part of Ezekiel's prophecy against Gog, the leader of Magog. Here, God tells Ezekiel to prophesy that Gog is against God and God's punishment of Gog will involve driving him fo...
Return to the Promise
2021-07-29 14:20 Jeremiah 46:13-17. The prophecy of Jeremiah regarding "the coming of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to smite the land of Egypt." The Lord says Jeremiah is to declare in Egypt and its outermost cities ...
Romanticizing the Past
2021-07-28 13:50 Isaiah 63:10-14. Isaiah laments that the people have rebelled against God, and so God became their enemy, and "fought against them." But God relents and remembers the days of Moses. Isaiah asks where ...
I Think We Might be Babylon
2021-07-27 20:32 Revelation 14:8-12. In the midst of Revelation's chaos, a second angel declares that Babylon is fallen, "she who made all nations drink the wine of her impure passion." And a third declares that a...
Control Your Passions
2021-07-26 19:06 Judges 15:1-8. After having left in a murderous fit of rage, Samson decides to go back to his wife. When he gets there, he finds that his Philistine father-in-law has given his wife to his best man. H...
The Power of Wisdom
2021-07-25 12:57 Wisdom 10:9-12. Some of the great power of wisdom is described. Wisdom is usually portrayed as a woman - here she rescues those who serve her; she guides on straight paths a righteous man fleeing from...