2023-09-07 14:30 Ezekiel 7:21. "And I will give it into the hands of the foreigners for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it."   The "it" here is the silver and gold of Israe...

2023-09-06 20:20 Psalm 49:16-20. "Be not afraid when one becomes rich ... For when he dies he will carry nothing away ... [T]hough a man gets praise when he does well for himself, he will go to the generation of his f...

2023-09-05 10:24 Luke 11:45-46. After Jesus upbraided the Pharisees, one of the lawyers in the crowd pointed out that His words condemned lawyers, as well. Jesus answered "Woe to you lawyers also! for you load men wit...

2023-09-04 08:13 1 Chronicles 13:1. "David consulted with the commanders of thousands and hundreds, with every leader."   I am so often confused in this Bizarro World in which we are living. Many, maybe even most, o...

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...