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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...
Justice Is Us Getting What We Have Created
2024-01-28 05:30 Lamentations 3:64. "Thou wilt requite them, O Lord, according to the work of their hands." In this chapter, Jeremiah is lamenting not only the destruction of Jerusalem and the suffering of God's p...
Priestly Blessings and Burdens
2024-01-27 06:35 Sirach 45:20. "He added glory to Aaron and gave him a heritage; he allotted to him the first of the first fruits, he prepared bread of first fruits in abundance". Sirach is extolling the blessings of ...
Consolation Often Comes Through Others
2024-01-25 06:53 Ezekiel 14:21. "For thus says the Lord God: How much more when I send upon Jerusalem my four sore acts of judgment, sword, famine, evil beasts, and pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!" "How ...
Letting Go of the Baggage
2024-01-24 06:22 1 Maccabees 9:36. "But the sons of Jambri from Medeba came out and seized John and all that he had, and departed with it." John is Jonathan Maccabeus' brother who has been sent to seek permission ...
Bringing All of Creation Into Harmony
2024-01-23 05:50 Wisdom 19:18. "For the elements changed places with one another, as on a harp the notes vary the nature of the rhythm, while each note remains the same... ."   This verse is from part of the Exodus ...
God Sometimes Asks Things of Us We Don't Understand
2024-01-22 09:24 Ezekiel 4:9. "And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt, and put them into a single vessel, and make bread of them. During the number of days that you lie on your side, three...
Are We Being Called to Repentance? (Hint: The Answer is Always Yes!)
2024-01-20 11:37 Isaiah 13:5. "They come from a distant land, from the land of the heavens, the Lord and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole earth."   This is from an oracle about the destruction of...
Gaslighting Jeremiah (and Ourselves)
2024-01-19 09:05 Jeremiah 43:2-3. "Azariah and all the insolent men said to Jeremiah, 'You are telling a lie. The Lord our God did not send you to say, 'Do not go to Egypt to live there'; but Baruch ... ha...