2021-05-13 12:59 Matthew 4:1-11. The temptation of Jesus. Before beginning his mission, Jesus is "led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil." There's no sugar-coating going on here - the ...

2021-05-12 12:44 Joshua 5:2-7.  Joshua is told to circumcise the Israelites a second time. This is because they have been wandering in the desert for forty years and all of the circumcised men have "perished, because ...

2021-05-11 11:58 Joel 3:1-10. God proclaims, through Joel, that a time of war is coming and is necessary in order to gather back his children and protect them. "[I]n those days and at that time, when he restores Judah...

2021-05-10 12:35 1 Timothy 6:1-10. Paul is urging Timothy to preach some pretty countercultural teachings. He says any Christian who is a slave must regard their master as worthy of all honor, so that God's name i...

2021-05-09 10:25 Ephesians 1:15-23. Paul has heard of the faith and love of the Christians in Ephesus. He gives thanks for them, and prays that God gives them "a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of ...

2021-05-08 16:02 2 Kings 14:17-22. The death, by treachery, of Amaziah, King of Judah. This was in the time of the divided Kingdom. Amaziah is introduced to us in 2 Kings 14:1-6. He took the throne at age 25, and he f...

2021-05-07 16:10 Mark 6:7-13. Jesus sends his disciples out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits. He tells them to take nothing but their staffs and to rely on the hospitality of people in the places...

2021-05-06 08:18 Lamentations 4:1-6. A lamentation on what will become of Zion because they have turned from God. Their gold has grown dim; their precious sons, worth more than their weight in gold, are treated as ear...

2021-05-05 17:47 John 21:4-8. Jesus appears to his disciples for the third time after the Resurrection. This time, instead of being locked in the upper room in fear, the disciples are out fishing. Peter finally had mu...

2021-05-04 13:04 Ezekiel 25:12-14. Ezekiel's prophecy against Edom. Here Ezekiel foretells that Edom will be made desolate, its people shall all fall by the sword at the hand of the people of Israel. Edom shall kn...