2021-10-04 16:15 Psalm 22:1-5. David cries out "My God, my God, why hast thou thou forsaken me?" Why are you so far from me? Why do you not answer my groaning and my pain? I call out all day and all night, but I get n...

2021-10-03 18:05 Amos 3:1-11. God is warning his people (again!), this time through the prophet Amos. He says because of their special relationship with him (they are the one people he has known of all the families of...

2021-10-02 11:57 Jeremiah 29:1-9. Part of the letter Jeremiah sent to the exiles in Babylon. He tells them that God says they are to build houses there and live in them, get married, multiply there, and seek the welfa...

2021-10-01 17:22 Song of Solomon 4:9-15. The Song of Solomon is a love poem from God to us. Here God tells us how much he loves us "You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride... How sweet is your love." He goes o...

2021-09-30 10:19 Lamentations 4:11-14. A continuation of the lament over the fall of Zion. "The Lord gave full vent to his wrath, he poured out his anger" and consumed the very foundations of Zion. The other kings and...

2021-09-29 10:49 Judith 2:14-20. A description of the army, supplies, and followers that Holofernes musters together to go out and "cover the whole earth to the west with [Assyrian] chariots and horsemen and picked tr...

2021-09-28 09:29 Hebrews 9:18-22. Paul reminds the Hebrews and us that there is no forgiveness of sins without the shedding of blood. "Hence even the first covenant was not ratified without blood." After Moses declare...

2021-09-27 08:44 Matthew 15:32-39. Today it is Matthew's telling of the miracle of the loaves and fishes! Just last week I got John's! Obviously, I'm supposed to be learning something here.... Again, the d...

2021-09-26 10:31 Hosea 11:5-7. God says his people will return to the land of Egypt and Assyria shall be their king "because they have refused to return to me." Their cities will be destroyed by the sword, which will ...

2021-09-25 11:02 Matthew 18:23-35. Jesus compares the kingdom of heaven to a king who forgives his servant a massive debt, only to have the servant go and demand repayment of a much smaller debt from a fellow servant....