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Beware When One Obeys You While Others Refuse
2024-01-15 10:33 1 Samuel 22:19. "And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; both men and women, children and sucklings, oxen, asses and sheep, he put to the sword."   The "he" here is Doeg, a herdsman, ...
Facing Down Fear
2024-01-13 09:50 Psalm 56:11. "[I]n God I trust without a fear. What can man do to me?"   I used to read things like this and think "Man can do a whole lot to me! Just look at all the violence, torture, and abuse go...
Choose Your Heritage
2024-01-11 11:48 Isaiah 66:22-23. "For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before me, says the Lord; so shall your descendants and your name remain ... all flesh shall come to worship b...
The Church in My House
2024-01-10 06:28 Philemon 1:1-2. "To Philemon our beloved fellow worker and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house..."   This salutation from Paul really made me think -  Is...
Who is a Foreigner to God?
2024-01-09 05:27 Ezekiel 44:15. "But the Levitical priests ... who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me to minister to me; and they shall attend on me .....
I Can't Let Myself Be More Scrupulous Than God
2024-01-08 07:51 1 Samuel 16:2. "And Samuel said, 'How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.' And the Lord said, 'Take a heifer with you, and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.''...
You Need Permission to Slay That Dragon!
2024-01-07 10:07 Daniel 14:26. "But if you, O king, will give me permission, I will slay the dragon without sword or club." Daniel is speaking to the king of Babylon, to whom he has become a trusted advisor. Daniel ha...
The Right Person for the Job
2024-01-06 12:15 Exodus 38:28. "And of the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals and made fillets for them." The "he" here is Bezalel, a skilled art...
Keeping Secrets
2024-01-04 06:50 Proverbs 11:13. "He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing hidden."   I love how the Bible is so many different things - sometimes an epic ...
Sacrificial Play-Acting
2024-01-03 06:26 Amos 3:14. "On the day I punish Israel for his transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground."   The prophecies I have been r...