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Speeding to the Plunder, Hurrying to the Spoil
2025-03-06 10:20 Isaiah 8:1 "Then the Lord said to me 'Take a large tablet and write upon it in common characters, 'Belonging to Mahershalalhashbaz.' '"   The opening verses of Isaiah 8 are a bit str...
You Can Tell God Your Soul Is Bitter
2025-03-05 10:39 Job 27:2-6. "As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter ... my lips will not speak falsehood ... I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go, my ...
The Special Role of Men, and the Consequences of Them Abandoning It
2025-03-03 06:54 Hosea 4:14. "I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with harlots, and sacrifice with cult prostitutes, a...
Ice Ice Baby (Sorry, Couldn't Resist!)
2025-03-01 11:03 Job 38:29. "From whose womb did ice come forth, and who has given birth to the hoarfrost of heaven?"   This is part of God's "answer" to Job, in which God points out the power, vastness, and com...
Wisdom is Available (Even to You!)
2025-02-28 06:07 Proverbs 22:19. "That your trust may be in the Lord, I have made [my words] known to you today, even to you."    When I first read this, I thought it was God speaking, but then I realized I was in t...
Our Words Get Us in the Worst Trouble!
2025-02-26 10:10 James 3:6 "And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is an unrighteous world among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the cycle of nature, and set on fire by hell."   So many times in ...
Turning Shortcomings to Blessings
2025-02-25 11:17 Acts 26:17-18 "I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so th...
Just Admit It, We're Poor and Needy
2025-02-23 10:15 Psalm 86:1-2. "Incline thy ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Preserve my life, for I am godly; save thy servant who trusts in thee."   This morning I was having a conversation wit...
How Long is "A Little While"? (Asking for a friend)
2025-02-22 10:15 Psalm 69:12 "I am the talk of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me." David is talking about how "zeal for [God's] house has consumed" him (Psalm 69:9), even as he bears...
The Seventh Day is Coming!
2025-02-20 10:21 Ezekiel 46:1 "Thus says the Lord God: 'The gate of the inner court that faces east shall be shut on the six working days; but on the sabbath day it shall be opened and on the day of the new moon i...