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The Merits of a Mother's Fasting
2022-09-15 14:14 Tobit 10:1-7. Tobit and his wife Anna are getting anxious about the fact that their son Tobias is not yet returned from his journey. They do not know that he has found and married a wife while on his ...
The Strength of the Burden-Bearers is Failing
2022-09-13 10:55 Nehemiah 4:10-14. The defensive wall of Jerusalem cannot be rebuilt quickly enough. "The strength of the burden-bearers is failing." Jews from the outer regions have come into Jerusalem warning of thi...
We Have Not Been Telling Our Children the Truth
2022-09-12 09:01 Psalm 78:1-4. In a prelude to his psalm, the psalmists calls the people to listen and says "I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, things that we have heard and know...
God's Destruction is Sometimes Not Confined
2022-09-11 11:17 Jeremiah 49:28-33. Jeremiah's prophesying against all of the lands surrounding Judah - they are all in for a fall. Here he speaks to Kedar and Hazor, which the king of Babylon has smote. The Lord ...
When the Spirit Gifts Us with Wisdom
2022-09-10 10:55 1 Kings 10:1-3. On hearing of Solomon's wisdom, the Queen of Sheba comes to visit him with hard questions, a great retinue, camels, and very much gold and precious stones. "[A]nd when she came to ...
Sometimes We Just Need to Stay Away from People
2022-09-09 09:54 Hosea 4:15-20. God admonishes Israel for playing the harlot. He tells them not to go into Judah and corrupt them also. He says they are like a stubborn heifer, so He will not feed them like a lamb in ...
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...