2021-07-06 16:04 Judith 16:21-25. The end of the book of Judith. These verses tell of Judith's days after having saved Jerusalem from the Babylonian siege. She returned to her home, as did all the Jews - each to t...

2021-07-05 09:01 Matthew 1:1-17. The genealogy of Jesus. Matthew traces Jesus' lineage from Abraham, the first man called by God after the Fall, through David, and all the way to Joseph, Mary's husband. He poi...

2021-07-04 12:15 Isaiah 14:12-20. Part of the taunt of the king of Babylon that Isaiah prophesizes will be made once Israel is brought back from the captivity. The king will have "fallen from heaven"; the man who thou...

2021-07-03 14:57 2 Chronicles 1:14-17. Solomon made the kingdom of Israel so rich and so great - he gathered large numbers of chariots and horsemen whom he stationed in chariot cities. He made silver and gold as commo...

2021-07-02 10:36 Matthew 2:13-15. After Jesus' birth and the departure of the Magi, Joseph has a dream in which an angel appears to him and says "Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain ...

2021-07-01 17:58 2 Timothy 1:1-9. The opening lines of Paul's second letter to Timothy. Paul greets Timothy, wishes him grace, mercy, and peace in God and thanks God while remembering Timothy in his prayers. Paul ...

2021-06-30 11:42 James 2:14-24. James is reminding us that faith without works is meaningless - the demons have the same. Faith alone cannot save us, we must also, in action, follow God's commands - by caring for ...

2021-06-29 20:22 Jeremiah 52:24-27. After the sacking of Jerusalem, the captain of the Babylonian guard rounds up the chief priest, the second priest, the three keepers of the threshold from the Temple, and from the c...

2021-06-28 10:24 Isaiah 34:5-12. Another pretty frightening foretelling of the destruction of Edom, containing lines like "the Lord has a sword; it is sated with blood" "it descends for judgment upon Edom, upon the pe...

2021-06-27 10:10 Numbers 12:9-16. God is angry with Miriam and Aaron for having spoken against their brother Moses and having presumed that they had a similar relationship with God. So he calls them all to the tent of...