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As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us
2022-09-07 09:17 Matthew 18:21-22. Peter asks Jesus how many times we must forgive someone who has sinned against us, "as many as seven times?" Jesus replies "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven."...
Even Holy and Beautiful Earthly Things Must Come to an End
2022-09-06 10:40 2 Kings 25:13-17. When the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem and destroyed it, taking the people away into exile, they plundered the Temple. They broke the pillars of bronze, and the bronze stands and s...
The Purpose and Necessity of Circumcision
2022-09-05 07:48 Romans 4:9-13. Part of Paul's argument against Christians needing to be circumcised. He says God's blessings are bestowed on the righteous, on those whose sins have been forgiven, and not nece...
From An Eye for an Eye to Turn the Other Cheek
2022-09-03 11:53 Deuteronomy 19:15-21. As part of the lengthy law that God is giving to Moses, here He says a single witness shall not be enough to convict a man, a charge can only be sustained by the testimony of two...
He Calls Us Each to Our Appointed Task
2022-09-02 09:22 Exodus 28:1-4. God tells Moses to bring Aaron and his sons to be priests for God. Moses shall have holy garments made for them, "for glory and for beauty." Moses is to speak to all those who have the ...
The Bittersweet Words of Prophets
2022-09-01 11:46 Revelation 10:8-11. The voice from Heaven tells John to go and take the little scroll from the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land. John goes to the angel and asks for the scroll and the ...
On Fire and Setting More
2022-08-31 09:16 Acts 17:10-15. Paul and Silas are sent away from Thessalonica in the night to Beroea, where Paul goes immediately to the synagogue and starts preaching. The Jews in Beroea are "more noble than those i...
Gonna Write You a Letter
2022-08-30 12:38 2 Chronicles 21:11-15. Elijah writes to Jehoram, the king of Judah, who slew all of his brothers and some of the princes of Israel, who led the inhabitants of the land into idolatry and away from God,...
Preparing for the Mass
2022-08-28 10:35 Numbers 28:26-31. In the midst of his rules for his newly freed people, God tells them that on the day of first fruits, their feast of weeks, they shall have a holy convocation. On that day they they ...
When God Answers Our Murmurings
2022-08-27 11:14 Exodus 16:9-12. Moses tells Aaron to tell the people to gather before the Lord, who has heard their murmurings. As Aaron speaks to them, they look out to the wilderness and see the glory of the Lord a...