2024-06-01 11:14 Psalm 112:7. "[The righteous man] is not afraid of evil tidings; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord."   When I read this, I decided to use it to test myself. We have been getting an awful lot o...

2024-05-31 09:04 Isaiah 15:1. "An oracle concerning Moab. Because Ar is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone; because Kir is laid waste in a night Moab is undone."   It can happen in a night. In the blink of an eye...

2024-05-30 07:13 Amos 5:21. "I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies." God is talking to all the people of Israel, in both of the kingdoms, here. (Amos 3:1) He has simply had it....

2024-05-29 06:38 Deuteronomy 4:19. "And beware lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the hosts of heaven, you be drawn away and worship them and serve them, thi...

2024-05-28 07:06 John 6:61-62. But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, "Do you take offense at this? Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending where he was before?" ...

2024-05-27 07:59 Hebrews 6:13. "For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself".   Just this morning, a friend ended a text to me with "You're the best"...

2024-05-26 07:34 Proverbs 12:2. "A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns."   This seems so simple, but it is bringing me back to the controversy over the Pope saying that human ...

2024-05-25 14:04 Matthew 9:14-15 "Then the disciples of John came to him saying "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?' And Jesus said to them, 'Can the wedding guests mourn as long...

2024-05-23 07:29 Hebrews 13:12 "So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood."   Paul is comparing Jesus to the animals the Jews were to burn outside the camp, and wh...

2024-05-22 09:48 1 Chronicles 16:26. "For all the gods of the peoples are idols; but the Lord made the heavens."   Father Mike Schmitz says we have "idol making hearts," and I am seeing more and more how true this i...