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Resist the Temptation to be Cunning
2022-09-29 06:49 2 Corinthians 4:2-6. Writing for himself and Timothy, Paul says they have renounced "disgraceful, underhanded ways." When preaching the Gospel they will not use cunning nor tamper with God's word....
How to Spot an Enemy
2022-09-28 10:45 Sirach 12:17-18. If calamity befalls you, an enemy will be there ahead of you. While pretending to help you, he will trip you. He will shake his head and clap his hands, whisper much and change his ex...
How the Sins of Our Leaders Affect Us
2022-09-26 11:33 2 Kings 24:3-4. Speaking about the punishment of Judah under Jehoiakim, the author writes "Surely this came upon Judah at the command of the Lord, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Mana...
New Heaven and New Earth
2022-09-25 11:25 Isaiah 66:17-24. At the end of the (long!) Book of the Prophet Isaiah we get this final prophecy. God says he sees the deeds of those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, followi...
Opposites and Opposition
2022-09-24 11:43 Sirach 33:14-15. "Good is the opposite of evil, and life the opposite of death; so the sinner is the opposite of the godly." Sirach tells us to look upon the works of God - they are all likewise in pa...
Exile is Coming, But We Can Do it From Home This Time!
2022-09-23 11:04 Jeremiah 29:7-9. In his letter to the exiles in Babylon, Jeremiah gives them God's words to "seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for ...
Choose Wise Friends
2022-09-22 07:26 Sirach 9:14-18. Sirach advises us to get to know our neighbors as best we can and to consult with the wise. Our conversations should be with men of understanding and our discussions about the law of t...
Jesus Saves All, the Living and the Dead
2022-09-20 10:20 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Paul instructs us about the status of those who have died, or, as he puts it "who are asleep." He says we should not grieve for them as others who have no hope. Since we belie...
Do Our Sacrifices Change God's Mind?
2022-09-19 09:51 1 Chronicles 21:18-27. Because David has numbered the people of Israel not at the behest of God but out of a sense of pride and power, God has sent a pestilence among the people. David has pleaded wit...
Making Friends With Dishonest Kings
2022-09-18 10:16 1 Samuel 27:5-7. David has gone over to the Philistines in an attempt to escape King Saul's pursuit of him and his men. Once settled there, he says to Achish, the son of the king of Gath, "If I ha...