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It's OK, and Sometimes Necessary, to Get Angry
2021-07-18 14:07 Zephaniah 1:1-7. Another prophecy of doom for Judah! God says he will "utterly sweep away everything from the face of the earth," he will "cut off mankind" and the remnant of Ba'al, and the idolat...
Rivers of Tears
2021-07-17 19:08 Lamentations 3:46-51. "All our enemies rail against us; panic and pitfall have come upon us... my eyes flow with rivers of tears... My eyes will flow without ceasing, without respite, until the Lord f...
Another Prosperous Nation Falls
2021-07-16 13:34 Ezekiel 27:10-21. Part of Ezekiel's lamentation over Tyre. These verses are extolling how great and rich and powerful Tyre has been. Every known land traded with them, men from Persia and Lud and ...
You See Evil Growing Instead of Weakening? Do Not Worry.
2021-07-15 17:35 Wisdom 19:6-12. An awestruck recap of the Exodus. Solomon wonders at how God had dry land emerge from where water had been, how a grassy plain emerged from the raging waves for God's children to m...
The Only True "Safe Space"
2021-07-14 14:21 Sirach 2:12-18. "Woe to timid hearts and to slack hands, and to the sinner who walks along two ways!" Faint hearts have no trust, those who lose endurance will not be able to withstand God's punis...
God Answers Me: "Be Patient, That's How Long!"
2021-07-13 14:46 Ephesians 1:1-10. The opening of Paul's letter to the Ephesians. Paul greets them and reminds them that God has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing, because he chose us "before the ...
How Long, O Lord?
2021-07-12 13:49 Psalm 89:46-52. The psalmist asks "How long, O Lord?" How long will "thy wrath burn like fire"? Remember how long our lives are - and how vain we are. No one of us can escape death, we need God's ...
God Protects Us in our Mission
2021-07-11 19:36 2 Kings 11:4-8. The priest Jehoiada sends for the captains of the of the Carites and the guards. He has them come to the house of the Lord where he gives them strict instructions to protect the only s...
A Lot of What We Think is Important Isn't
2021-07-10 11:53 Galatians 6:11-16. Paul says those insisting on circumcision for Christians are making a show of the flesh. They are only doing it because they fear persecution. Even those circumcised do not keep the...
Passover and Over...
2021-07-09 19:13 Deuteronomy 16:1-6. Some of God's instructions regarding the establishment and proper observance of Passover. God has told Moses, and Moses is telling the people, that they must observe Passover e...