Evangelicia Blog

God's Always Working in the Background

2024-09-18 09:22 Tobit 10:1-3 "Now his father Tobit was counting each day, and when the days for the journey had expired and they did not arrive, he said 'Is it possible that he has been detained? Or is it possibl...

A Biblical Fundraising Letter

2024-09-17 09:16 2 Corinthians 9:1 "Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the offering for the saints". But it's not so superfluous that Paul will not go on to encourage the Corinthians to give genero...

He Descended Into Hell (and some timey-wimey stuff)

2024-09-16 07:40 1 Peter 3:19-20. "[In the spirit] he went and preached to the spirits in prison, who formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah ... in which a few, that is, eight person...

Our Joy Will Be Heard Afar Off

2024-09-15 10:46 Nehemiah 12:43 "And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women and children also rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard afar...

The Fire in Our Stronghold May Already be Kindled

2024-09-13 12:25 Amos 1:14 "So I will Kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour her strongholds, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind." I have written about...

Joy and Contempt Are Not a Good Combination

2024-09-12 07:45 Ezekiel 36:4-5 "[T]herefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: thus says the Lord God to the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, the desolate wastes and the deser...

David Encounters Saul's Daughter, Karen ... I Mean Michal

2024-09-11 05:30 2 Samuel 6:22 "I will make myself yet more contemptible than this, and I will be abased in your eyes; but the maids of whom you have spoken, by them I shall be held in honor." This is David speaki...

When Evil Isn't Even Acknowledged, Much Less Cut Off

2024-09-10 08:46 Psalm 34:16 "The face of the Lord is against evildoers, to cut off remembrance of them from the earth." There is so much evil going on in our world right now, much more than is being acknowledged ...

I Will Give Thanks to Thee

2024-09-09 07:16 Psalm 108:3. "I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, among the peoples, I will sing praises to thee among the nations." I was literally just singing this on the way home from Mass! The woman who used...

Why All the Rules?

2024-09-06 08:44 Leviticus 11:39 "And if any animal of which you may eat dies he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening." I have to admit, it is often difficult for me to find inspiration in th...