2021-04-10 10:00 Galatians 1:6-13 Paul is astonished that the Galatians are already allowing themselves to be led astray by a false gospel, a perversion of Christ's message. He tells them that even if he himself o...

2021-04-09 22:16 Judith 7:8-8:36 The Maccabees, Ammonites, and Assyrians have Jerusalem surrounded. They are cutting off their water supply and waiting for them to surrender, rather than attacking them over the protec...

2021-04-08 10:14 Deuteronomy 5:8-10 Part of the Ten Commandments - this one is: you shall not make any graven image of anything in Heaven, on Earth, or in the waters. You shall not bow down before them and serve them....

2021-04-07 20:38 I took a few days off (from blogging, not from journaling ) for Easter. Today's reading is Galatians 2:1-10. Paul records his return to Jerusalem after 14 years of preaching. He goes to "those who...

2021-04-02 20:33 Ezra 4:4-16 The Jews are beginning to rebuild Jerusalem after returning from exile and are being met with great resistance. First, the people of the land simply try to discourage them. Then, they hire...

2021-04-01 11:15 2 Chronicles 20:18-23 The Moabites, the Ammonites, and the Meunites are coming against King Jehoshaphat and Judah in battle. Before the encounter, Jehoshaphat bows down in worship, and all of the inha...

2021-03-31 17:27 2 Chronicles 29:35-36, 30:13-19   Proper worship in the house of the Lord is being reestablished after some period of it not being in place. King Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced "for the thing ...

2021-03-30 16:30 Micah 6:9-16.  The Lord is crying out to the city and it would be wise to heed him. He asks - can I forget your wickedness? Your rich men are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies, therefore h...