Evangelicia Blog

Begin With the End in Mind

2024-05-21 05:09 (This is not a daily Bible reading post, but a journal entry from the early hours of the morning!) Pope Francis recently gave an interview to 60 Minutes in which he said some things that are, on...

Clarification on the "Middle"

2024-05-20 09:26 Matthew 25:22. "And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying 'Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.'" I think I got this specific verse to...

What Honor Is Due to Our Physicians?

2024-05-18 07:39 Sirach 38:1-2. "Honor the physician with the honor due him, according to your need of him, for the Lord created him; for healing comes from the Most High, and he will receive a gift from the king." ...

We Are Punishing Wisdom and Rewarding Lack of Sense (It Won't End Well)

2024-05-17 09:19 Proverbs 10:13. "On the lips of him who has understanding wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense." This is so inverted in our world today! People who speak nonsense are ...

Get Out of the Lukewarm Middle!

2024-05-16 07:33 Matthew 10:32-33. "So every one who acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in...

His All-Consuming Love

2024-05-15 06:33 Song of Solomon 2:9. "My beloved is like a gazelle, or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice." Yesterday my daughter was lame...

Judith Has a Drink in the Divine Will

2024-05-14 07:07 Judith 12:17-18. "So Holofernes said to her 'Drink now, and be merry with us!' Judith said, 'I will drink now, my lord, because my life means more to me today than in all the days since I ...

Act Rightly and Be at Peace

2024-05-13 09:59 Titus 3:8. "I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men." The "things" Pa...

Wait, Benjamin Gets Both Jericho AND Jerusalem?

2024-05-11 10:52 Joshua 18:21. "Now the cities of the tribe of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, Bethhoglah, Emekkeziz, ..." The passage goes on to list twenty-six cities in all, with all of their vil...

From Whom Is This Evil Proceeding?

2024-05-09 07:26 Ecclesiastes 10:5-6. "There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler: folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place." Preach it...