2021-08-11 15:49 Judges 20:32-36. The defeat of the Benjaminites. This is the end of the story that started when a man and his concubine/wife sought shelter in the home of an old man as they returned from Bethlehem to...

2021-08-10 13:27 Luke 16:24-31. The end of the story of the rich man and Lazarus. Jesus tells this story to the Pharisees, who were exalting themselves above others: A rich man would walk by a poor beggar, Lazarus, ev...

2021-08-09 12:06 Joel 1:15-18. Joel is lamenting how much suffering there is as the day of the Lord grows closer. Food is cut off, joy and gladness are gone, the seed shrivels, the storehouses are empty, the grain has...

2021-08-08 12:51 Psalm 97:1-5. After a reminder that God reigns and all the earth should rejoice in that, we are treated to a short description of God. The psalmist describes God as surrounded by clouds and thick dark...

2021-08-07 11:41 Deuteronomy 33:12. Moses' blessing of Benjamin. As Moses was dying, he blessed each of the twelve tribes of Israel. "Of Benjamin he said, 'The beloved of the Lord, he dwells in safety by him; ...

2021-08-06 10:40 Numbers 36:5-9. Moses decrees that the daughters of Zelophehad, who have received his inheritance, must marry within the family of the tribe of their father. That way, the inheritance allotted to Zelo...

2021-08-05 16:52 Isaiah 40:1-5. God's words of comfort to Israel, even in the midst of their suffering. Though Isaiah, God says "Comfort, comfort my people," tell them their warfare is ended, their sins are forgiv...

2021-08-04 12:08 Luke 10:17-20. The seventy who Jesus had sent out to preach the Gospel return to him rejoicing and saying even the demons were subject to them. Jesus replies "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heav...

2021-08-03 09:47 1 Maccabees 7:12-18. The foreign king Demetrius sends one of his friends, Bacchides, along with the treacherous high priest Alcimus to take vengeance on the people of Israel for Judas Maccabees' d...

2021-08-02 17:13 Mark 10:46-52. The blind begger Bartimaeus hears Jesus is passing by with "a great multitude" and begins crying out to him "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me." Many tell him to be quiet, but he cr...