2024-09-25 09:58 Tobit 1:4 "Now when I was in my own country, in the land of Israel, while I was still a young man, the whole tribe of Naphtali my forefather deserted the house of Jerusalem. This was the place which h...

2024-09-24 06:36 Isaiah 46:7 "They lift [their idol] upon their shoulders, they carry it, they set it in its place, and it stands there; it cannot move from its place."   I wrote about the earlier verses of this pas...

2024-09-22 10:44 Psalm 31:1 "In thee, O Lord, do I seek refuge; let me never be put to shame; in thy righteousness deliver me!"   What puts us to shame? Shame is different from embarrassment, and David is not asking...

2024-09-21 10:32 Proverbs 29:9 "If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet."    More and more lately I have found that speaking reason to people, in the calmest ...

2024-09-20 08:24 Jeremiah 51:19. "Not like these [idols] is he who is the portion of Jacob, for he is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name."   It i...

2024-09-19 06:50 Jeremiah 46:10 "That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated, and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord Go...

2024-09-18 09:22 Tobit 10:1-3 "Now his father Tobit was counting each day, and when the days for the journey had expired and they did not arrive, he said 'Is it possible that he has been detained? Or is it possibl...

2024-09-17 09:16 2 Corinthians 9:1 "Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the offering for the saints". But it's not so superfluous that Paul will not go on to encourage the Corinthians to give genero...

2024-09-16 07:40 1 Peter 3:19-20. "[In the spirit] he went and preached to the spirits in prison, who formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah ... in which a few, that is, eight person...

2024-09-15 10:46 Nehemiah 12:43 "And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women and children also rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard afar...