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Doubt vs. Clarification
2023-12-27 09:19 Luke 1:18. "And Zechariah said to the angel, 'How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years." This is Zechariah's response to the Angel Gabriel, who has just ann...
What Should We Fear?
2023-12-26 10:48 Jeremiah 36:24. "Yet neither the king, nor any of his servants who heard all these words, was afraid, nor did they rend their garments." The king here is Jehoiakim, a Jew and the son of a good king, J...
I Wanted a Hopeful Christmas Message!
2023-12-25 09:29 Jeremiah 21:5. "I myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and strong arm, in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath." (And here I was thinking I would get a hopeful Christmas reflection t...
Celebrations Require Preparation
2023-12-22 08:12 Leviticus 16:29-30. "And it shall be a statute to you for ever that in the seventh month on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict yourselves, and shall do no work ... for on this day shall ato...
We Need Leaders, We Don't Have to Like Them
2023-12-21 06:18 Sirach 10:20. "Among brothers their leader is worthy of honor, and those who fear the Lord are worthy of honor in his eyes."   We cannot all be leaders, but we can all fear the Lord and be worthy of...
Something Much Bigger is Going On
2023-12-20 05:54 Job 15:9. "What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear to us?" This is Eliphaz, Job's friend, speaking to Job in the midst of Job's suffering. Job's frie...
Dumber Than An Ox, Or Too Smart For Our Own Good?
2023-12-18 09:04 Isaiah 1:3. "The ox knows its owner, and the ass its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people does not understand."   God has given us so much, and yet we often do not understand that!...
Am I Expecting Miracles Not Meant For Me?
2023-12-16 10:03 1 Kings 17:23-24. "And Elijah took the child ... and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said 'See, your son lives.' And the woman said to Elijah, 'Now I know that you are a man of God...
When All Alone, Turn to God
2023-12-15 08:58 1 Timothy 5:5. "She who is a real widow, and is left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day." By a "real widow", Paul means one who has no children...
What, Me Worry?
2023-12-13 10:17 John 10:18. "No one takes [my life] from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again; this charge I have received from my Father."   Jesus ...