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God Has Wrapped Himself in Righteous Anger
2022-10-02 10:35 Lamentations 3:43-45. On seeing the destruction all around him, Jeremiah cries out to God "Thou hast wrapped thyself with anger and pursued us, slaying without pity; thou has wrapped thyself with a cl...
We Can't Just Pretend to Repent
2022-10-01 11:28 Jeremiah 34:13-17. Through Jeremiah God reminds his people that he made a covenant with them when he brought them out of Egypt and they were supposed to release their slaves after 6 years of bondage. ...
A Mother's Lament
2022-09-30 14:10 Baruch 4:17-20. Baruch is comparing Jerusalem and God's law that dwells there to a mother mourning her children in exile. "But I, how can I help you? " She asks. The only one who can deliver them ...
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...