2021-06-25 10:46 Obediah 1-21 (the entire book). The very short (one chapter) book of the prophet Obadiah is entirely his prophecy of the destruction of Edom due to their hostility towards their brothers in Israel. Ed...

2021-06-24 10:42 Isaiah 46:1-4. False gods, idols (here, Bel and Nebo - two Babylonian idols) stoop and need to be carried about. These idols you carry are "loaded as burdens on wearied beasts." They cannot save - the...

2021-06-23 10:12 Jeremiah 35:12-17. God tells Jeremiah to tell Judah that he is done trying to warn them. He has sent them prophet after prophet, telling them to turn back to him and stop their evil ways, but they ref...

2021-06-22 13:23 Sirach 8:10-13. Do not kindle the coals of a sinner, lest you be burned in his fire; do not "get up and leave an insolent fellow, lest he lie in ambush against your words"; do not lend to a stronger m...

2021-06-21 11:26 Psalm 111. A psalm praising God and all of his works. He is ever mindful of his covenant. He provides food for those who fear him. His works are all faithful and just. All of his precepts are trustwor...

2021-06-20 14:23 1 Maccabees 13:1-11. Simon Maccabee exhorts the people of Judah when there is a large army threatening to destroy it after the death of his brother Jonathan. Simon reminds them of the great things tha...

2021-06-19 19:33 Ruth 4:1-6. Boaz, knowing that he wants to marry Ruth, the Moabitiss widow of a Jew, but also knowing that her closer relation has the primary claim to marry her, brings the situation to a head. He go...

2021-06-18 17:07 John 6:35-40. Part of the bread of life discourse. Jesus tells us that he is the bread of life. Anyone who believes in him shall not hunger or thirst. He has come from heaven not to do his own will, b...

2021-06-17 11:03 2 Corinthians 6:1-10. Paul is encouraging the Corinthians to persevere and to not accept God's grace in vain. He reminds them that God has promised to listen "at the acceptable time," and to help ...

2021-06-16 10:18 Micah 7:8-10. In chapter 7, Micah is expressing his sorrow that all of Israel seems to have turned to evil and there are no upright men left. Even family members have turned on him. But, he says, he w...