2025-06-17 10:42 1 Maccabees 16:7 "Then he divided the army and placed the horseman in the midst of the infantry, for the cavalry of the enemy were very numerous."    The aging military leader, Simon, has asked his ...

2025-06-16 08:30 Psalm 69:30 "I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving."   I don't usually think that I am magnifying God with my praise or my thanksgiving, but I like this...

2025-06-14 11:17 Leviticus 2:7 "And if you're offering is a cereal offering cooked in a pan, it should be made of fine flour with oil."   Yesterday's post was about the magnificence of the temple Solomon bui...

2025-06-13 08:47 1 Kings 7:16 "He also made two capitals of molten bronze, to set upon the tops of the pillars, the height of one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits." The pill...

2025-06-12 07:34 Job 15:23 "[The wicked man] wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand".   Eliphaz is speaking of the plight of the wicked man, say...

2025-06-11 09:30 Sirach 1:4 "Wisdom was created before all things, and prudent understanding from eternity." So wisdom has been around from the beginning of everything! That makes sense, since the Holy Spirit, the thi...

2025-06-09 10:18 Jeremiah 14:17 "You shall say to them this word: 'Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people is smitten with a great wound, with a ...

2025-06-08 09:29 1 Maccabees 11:34 "To all those who offer sacrifice in Jerusalem, we have granted release from the royal taxes which the king formerly received from them each year, from the crops of the land and the ...

2025-06-07 13:14 Psalm 135:14 "For the Lord will vindicate his people, and have compassion on his servants."   We cannot vindicate ourselves. We are in the thick of it, we can't see the full story, and we often ...

2025-06-05 06:47 Zechariah 8:8 "[A]nd I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be my people and I will be their God, in faithfulness and righteousness."   We really do, in our hearts, all...