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Exile and Time are Cleansing
2021-11-21 15:02 Jeremiah 27:19-22. Jeremiah says that God has declared that everything left behind in the house of the Lord in Jerusalem after it has been ransacked by Babylon will be taken to Babylon as well. Those ...
Are We Singing, or Just Mouthing the Words?
2021-11-20 11:50 Sirach 15:9-10. "A hymn of praise is not fitting on the lips of a sinner, for it has not been sent from the Lord. For a hymn of praise should be uttered in wisdom, and the Lord will prosper it."   W...
God is not Always as Understanding as We Tell Ourselves
2021-11-19 20:29 Luke 19:11-27. This is Luke's telling of the parable of the talents (or here, ten pounds) and the servant who hid his allotment until the master returned. I am more used to hearing this as told by...
Deal With Your Lust Before It Brings You Down
2021-11-17 08:22 Daniel 13:7-14. Two elders were individually giving in to lustful thoughts and actions regarding Susanna. They would watch her walk in her husband's garden every day. They each became "overwhelmed...
Sometimes We Should Trust and Stay Put
2021-11-16 10:17 2 Kings 25:22-26. After conquering Judah and taking most of its inhabitants into exile, Nebuchadnezzar leaves Gedaliah as governor there. When all the captains of the Hebrew forces who had been out fi...
Don't Come Yet, We're Still Getting Ready
2021-11-15 09:58 Song of Solomon 4:16. Just one verse, so here's the whole thing "Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden, let its fragrance be wafted abroad. Let my beloved come to his ga...
With What Kind of People Do You Want to Spend Eternity?
2021-11-14 16:49 Psalm 24:3-6. Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord and stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who does not give his soul to what is false; and who does not swear deceitfull...
Fight Like You're Being Judged (Because You Are)
2021-11-13 18:01 Psalm 7:6-8. David asks God to arise, awaken his anger, and lift himself up against the fury of David's enemies. God has appointed a judgment, let this be the time. Let his people be gathered abou...
Sometimes It's Every Man for Himself
2021-11-12 20:06 Jeremiah 51:44-46. God says he will punish Bel in Babylon "and take out of his mouth what he has swallowed." The nations will no longer flow to Bel, the wall of Babylon has fallen. God exhorts his peo...
We Do Not See Our Signs
2021-11-11 19:12 Psalm 74:9-17. We do not see our signs, there is no longer any prophet. So we are wondering - how long? How long will God allow his enemies to scoff and revile his name? Will he allow them to do this ...