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Prophets Both Know and Don't Know What They Are Talking About

2024-02-09 06:07 Amos 1:1-2. "The words of Amos ... two years before the earthquake ... :'The Lord roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel w...

Nothing Happens Without His Permission

2024-02-08 06:58 Judith 9:5-6. "For thou hast done these things and those that went before and those that followed; thou hast designed the things that are now, and those that are to come. Yea, the things that thou did...

Reviving Our Heart's Desire

2024-02-07 06:34 Ezekiel 24:25-27. "[O]n the day when I take from them their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their heart's desire, and also their sons and daughters, on that day a fu...

God Speaks, in His Time, and What He Says Is

2024-02-06 11:00 Ezekiel 12:28. "Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: None of my words will be delayed any longer, but the word which I speak will be performed, says the Lord God." The word which the Lor...

Anything Can Be an Idol, Even Very Good Things

2024-02-05 09:48 Deuteronomy 32:21. "They have stirred me to jealousy with what is no god, they have provoked me with their idols. So I will stir them to jealousy with those who are no people; I will provoke them with...

We All Get Our Just Punishment, in the End

2024-02-04 11:07 2 Maccabees 4:21. "When ... Antiochus learned that Philometor had become hostile to his government, .. he took measures for his own security. Therefore upon arriving at Joppa he proceeded to Jerusale...

Sharing Our Richness

2024-02-02 09:26 Sirach 31:11. "His prosperity will be established and the assembly will relate his acts of charity." Sirach is speaking of a "rich man who is found blameless, and who does not go after gold." (Sirach ...

Who Are Our Record Keepers?

2024-02-01 06:15 Nehemiah 12:23. "The sons of Levi, heads of father's houses, were written in the book of Chronicles until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib." The book of Nehemiah takes place during the retu...

Inherited Dysfunction

2024-01-31 10:02 2 Chronicles 11:22. "[A]nd Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king." Rehoboam was the son of Solomon and became king after Solo...

In Remembrance of Him

2024-01-30 05:48 Luke 22:19 "And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them saying 'This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.'" These are words...