2025-01-09 09:30 Jeremiah 11:9 "Again the Lord said to me, 'There is revolt among the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.'"   Because of this revolt, because the people's "gods have become as ...

2025-01-06 08:58 Deuteronomy 19:18-19 "[T]he judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother; s...

2025-01-05 11:12 Jeremiah 46:22 "She makes a sound like a serpent gliding away; for her enemies march in force, and come against her with axes, like those who fell trees."    This is part of a prophecy against Egypt...

2025-01-04 12:37 Deuteronomy 23:12-13 "You shall have a place outside the camp and you shall go out to it; and you shall have a stick with your weapons; and when you sit down outside, you shall dig a hole with it, and...

2025-01-03 05:26 Proverbs 3:3 "Let not loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart."   It is interesting the way this is phrased - "Let not loyalty ... for...

2025-01-02 07:35 Mark 10:17 "And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, 'Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?'" This is the rich young man who ...

2025-01-01 10:08 Ezekiel 17:22 "Thus says the Lord: I, too, will pluck from the crest of the cedar the highest branch. From the top a tender shoot I will break off and transplant on a high, lofty mountain." This comes...

2024-12-29 10:46 Acts 13:16 "So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said: 'Men of Israel, and you that fear God, listen.'"   These are Paul's first words and actions in the synagogue at Antioch of...

2024-12-27 09:32 Revelation 2:12 "And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: 'The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword.'"   This two-edged sword is referenced elsewhere, as well, see, for ex...

2024-12-24 10:04 Sirach 31:13 "Remember that a greedy eye is a bad thing. What has been created more greedy than the eye? Therefore it sheds tears from every face."   I never thought of my tears as being a sign of g...