2023-09-09 09:31 Hosea 2:18. "And I will make for you a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the creeping things of the ground; and I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war fr...

2023-09-08 10:34 Revelation 22:20. "He who testifies to these things says "Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!"   This is the second to last verse of Revelation. Jesus tells us He is coming soon. After...

2023-09-07 14:30 Ezekiel 7:21. "And I will give it into the hands of the foreigners for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it."   The "it" here is the silver and gold of Israe...

2023-09-06 20:20 Psalm 49:16-20. "Be not afraid when one becomes rich ... For when he dies he will carry nothing away ... [T]hough a man gets praise when he does well for himself, he will go to the generation of his f...

2023-09-05 10:24 Luke 11:45-46. After Jesus upbraided the Pharisees, one of the lawyers in the crowd pointed out that His words condemned lawyers, as well. Jesus answered "Woe to you lawyers also! for you load men wit...

2023-09-04 08:13 1 Chronicles 13:1. "David consulted with the commanders of thousands and hundreds, with every leader."   I am so often confused in this Bizarro World in which we are living. Many, maybe even most, o...

2023-09-03 10:42 Sirach 50:22-23. "[B]less The God of all, who in every way does great things; who exalts our days from birth, and deals with us according to his mercy. May he give us gladness of heart and grant that ...

2023-09-02 10:17 Luke 6:10-11. On the Sabbath, Jesus heals a man with a withered hand, but the scribes and Pharisees are filled with fury and discuss what they might do to Jesus.   Sometimes the word "but" seems a b...

2023-08-31 06:59 Leviticus 16:19. As part of God's instructions for Aaron to make atonement for himself, his house, and the people, Aaron is told "sprinkle some of the blood upon [the altar] with his finger seven ...

2023-08-29 10:49 2 Chronicles 23:12-13. Athalia, hearing the noise of the people, goes into the house of the Lord and sees young Joash having been made king, to great rejoicing and fanfare. She rends her clothes and c...