2022-02-19 13:04 Acts 24:24-27. Paul has been sent by the Jewish leaders to the governor of Caesarea, Felix, for trial. Felix has given him a hearing and is trying to put off the Jews by keeping Paul in prison and del...

2022-02-18 09:04 2 Chronicles 22:1-4. An introduction to Ahaziah, the youngest and only surviving son of the evil King Jehoram. God turned against Jehoram because of his evil ways and his leading the people into idola...

2022-02-17 11:12 1 Maccabees 15:25-36. Simon, the high priest in Jerusalem, has an uneasy peace with King Antiochus. Simon had been established as high priest by Antiochus' father, Demetrius, and in recognition of...

2022-02-16 08:25 Jeremiah 2:23-25. God says to his people "How can you say 'I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Ba'als?'" Just look at what you have done and how you act! You are like a camel or a ...

2022-02-15 06:53 Nehemiah 5:6-13. Nehemiah is very angry when he learns the plight of some of the Jewish people who have lost their fields, homes, and even children due to the interest being charged on their loans. He...

2022-02-14 10:37 Deuteronomy 2:1-6. Moses is recounting the journey in the desert. In this passage he remembers that as they were traveling toward the Red Sea and around Mount Seir, God said to him to turn northward t...

2022-02-13 09:30 Daniel 8:8-14. In Daniel's vision the he-goat which has become very powerful has its horn break and from it four new horns grow "toward the four winds of heaven." Out of one of these sprouts a sma...

2022-02-12 10:37 Jeremiah 9:17-19. As God is allowing the fall of Jerusalem due to the people's failure to walk in his ways and heed his prophets, He tells Jeremiah to call for the mourning women and the skillful ...

2022-02-11 06:41 Genesis 35:9-15. God appears to Jacob again, this time to tell him that he shall be Jacob no longer, "but Israel shall be your name." He then promises Jacob that a great nation will come from him "kin...

2022-02-10 07:44 Psalm 49:16-20. Be not afraid when another becomes rich and the glory of his house increases. For when he dies none of it will go with him. While alive he will count himself happy, and will receive pr...