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...

2023-08-28 09:37 Amos 1:9-10. God says he will send fire upon the walls of Tyre and it shall devour her strongholds. God is doing this to Tyre because of her transgressions. They have "delivered up a whole people to E...

2023-08-25 08:08 1 Samuel 17:22. "And David left the things in charge of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the ranks, and went and greeted his brothers."   We should always leave our "things" in order to priorit...

2023-08-24 06:34 Ezekiel 45:1. God tells Ezekiel "When you allot the land as a possession, you shall set aside a holy district, twenty-five thousand cubits long and twenty cubits broad; It shall be holy throughout its...

2023-08-23 07:12 1 Samuel 11:10. The men of Jabesh say to Saul "Tomorrow, we will give ourselves up to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you."   The men of Jabesh are in a very difficult position. The...

2023-08-21 09:54 1 Kings 15:29-30. Baasha killed Nadab in Nadab's second year as king of Israel and took the throne. As soon as he killed Nadab, Baasha killed the entire house of Jeroboam (Nabad's kin). Not on...

2023-08-20 12:25 Sirach 34:4-5. "From an unclean thing, what will be made clean? And from something false, what will be true?"   This comes amid a warning from Sirach against believing in dreams, "Unless they are se...