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Act Justly, Even in Unjust Situations
2025-10-19 08:37 1 Timothy 6:2 "Those [Christian slaves] who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brethren; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by thei...
Weak Men Create Hard Times
2025-10-16 10:20 1 Kings 20:7 "Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, 'Mark, now, and see how this man is seeking trouble; for he sent to me for my wives and my children, and for my s...
They Paved a Threshing Floor and Put Up Paradise
2025-10-15 10:00 2 Chronicles 3:1 "Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, on the threshi...
An Address to All Israel
2025-10-14 10:05 2 Chronicles 1:2 "Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to all the leaders in all Israel, the heads of fathers' houses."   Today as I re...
The Yoke's on All of Us
2025-10-13 08:54 1 Timothy 6:1 "Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be defamed."   It is passages like this that ma...
Confidence in the Lord Can Scatter Enemies
2025-10-12 11:24 1 Chronicles 19:15 "And when the Ammonites saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, Joab's brother, and entered the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem."   Joab and the "army ...
In Which Paul Tells Me to Loosen Up a Bit
2025-10-10 10:00 1 Timothy 5:23 "No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments."   What a funny verse in which to try and find deeper meaning, but I'll...
There Are No Snakes in Wisdom's Camp
2025-10-09 10:10 Sirach 14:26 "[He who pursues wisdom] will place his children under her shelter, and will camp under her boughs".    It's interesting that I have had Sirach, a Wisdom book, two days in a row, an...
Not Yet Time to Finish This Great Task
2025-10-08 09:30 Sirach 7:25 "Give a daughter in marriage; you will have finished a great task. But give her to a man of understanding."   This is good advice, but what do we do when our daughters are not particular...
His Very Heart
2025-10-07 10:22 Philemon 1:12 "I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart."   Paul is sending Onesimus, Philemon's former slave, back to Philemon as a brother in Christ. Paul has grown very close to On...