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God Doesn't Send Prophets to Tell Us What We Want to Hear
2023-11-14 13:53 Jeremiah 28:6.  "[A]nd the prophet Jeremiah said "Amen! May the Lord do so; may the Lord make the words which you have prophesied come true, and bring back to this place from Babylon the vessels of th...
The Fame Lag
2023-11-13 09:07 Judith 16:23 "She became more and more famous, and grew old in her husband's house, until she was one hundred and five years old. She set her maid free. She died in Bethulia, and they buried her i...
Give People, and God, the Chance to Forgive You
2023-11-12 10:14 1 Chronicles 19:6. "When the Ammonites saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia, from...
Don't Be the Source of False Teaching or Bad Example
2023-11-11 10:07 Titus 2:1. "But as for you, teach what befits sound doctrine."   Paul is advising Titus to teach sound doctrine in Crete after expounding on the many so-called teachers of the faith who are "insubor...
Stand By Him, and Be Not Afraid
2023-11-10 08:38 2 Chronicles 32:7. "Be strong and of good courage. Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him; for there is one greater with us than him."   This is H...
Building Back Without Turning Back Is Futile
2023-11-09 07:02 Malachi 1:4. "If Edom says, 'We are shattered but we rebuild the ruins,' the Lord of hosts says, 'They may build, but I will tear down, till they are called the wicked country, the people ...
We're Not Learning any Lessons
2023-11-08 10:21 Amos 4:6. "'I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread and all your places, yet you did not return to me,' says the Lord."   I feel God's exasperation here! He h...
All in the Family, or Tribe
2023-11-07 13:07 Numbers 36:8. "And every daughter who possesses and inheritance in any tribe of the people of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that everyone of the people of Is...
Wash Me, O Lord, and I Shall Be Clean
2023-11-06 08:15 Hosea 12:2. "The Lord has an indictment against Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, and requite him according to his deeds."   We are all sinners, and all, even those chosen by God f...
Do Not Fear Justice
2023-11-04 11:36 Deuteronomy 32:50. "[A]nd die on the mountain which you ascend, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died in Mount Hor and was gathered to his people [.]"   Our God is so gentle and...