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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...
Jesus Saves All, the Living and the Dead
2022-09-20 10:20 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Paul instructs us about the status of those who have died, or, as he puts it "who are asleep." He says we should not grieve for them as others who have no hope. Since we belie...
Do Our Sacrifices Change God's Mind?
2022-09-19 09:51 1 Chronicles 21:18-27. Because David has numbered the people of Israel not at the behest of God but out of a sense of pride and power, God has sent a pestilence among the people. David has pleaded wit...
Making Friends With Dishonest Kings
2022-09-18 10:16 1 Samuel 27:5-7. David has gone over to the Philistines in an attempt to escape King Saul's pursuit of him and his men. Once settled there, he says to Achish, the son of the king of Gath, "If I ha...
God Has a Jealousy Seat, Who Knew?!
2022-09-17 11:00 Ezekiel 8:1-4. Ezekiel tells us that in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as he sat in his house with the elders of Judah, another of his intense visions began. The ha...
Being Christian to the End
2022-09-16 08:32 1 Peter 4:7-11. Writing to Christians in persecution, Peter says "The end of all things is at hand; therefore keep sane and sober for your prayers." He tells them to hold fast to unfailing love for ea...
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...