2022-05-30 07:11 Job 14:7-12. Job is lamenting death. He says trees have hope, even when they have been cut to a stump and have lain dormant they can regrow at the mere scent of water. But not so man, who "dies and is...

2022-05-28 18:02 Matthew 9:32-34. As Jesus is leaving town, a dumb demonic is brought to Him and when the demon is cast out, the man speaks. The crowds are amazed, but the Pharisees say that Jesus must be able to cast...

2022-05-27 09:47 Ezekiel 34:25-27. God is promising to make a new covenant of peace with his people. He will banish the wild beasts from the land so they can dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. He...

2022-05-26 09:23 1 Maccabees 5:35-39. Timothy and his army have just delivered a heavy blow to Judas Maccabeus' forces and Timothy turns to the city of Alema which he takes, kills every male there, plunders, and b...

2022-05-25 10:04 Isaiah 1:21-23. Jerusalem, the faithful city, the city that was once full of justice, has become a harlot. "Righteousness lodged in her, but now murders." All that was good in her is lessened - her si...

2022-05-24 06:59 1 John 1:1-4. John tells us why he is writing this letter. He and the other apostles have seen, touched, and heard "[t]hat which was from the beginning," the life made manifest. He is proclaiming to u...

2022-05-23 07:05 Acts 22:1-5. The beginning of Paul's self-defense before the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem. He begins by giving his bona-fides. He speaks to them in Hebrew, which quiets them, and tells them he was ...

2022-05-22 10:08 1 Corinthians 9:3-11. Paul is defending his and Barnabas' rights to a share of the food in the communities in which they preach. He uses examples - "Who serves as a soldier at his own expense?" An...

2022-05-21 09:50 Judith 16:4-5. The Assyrian came with his warriors, blocking the valleys and boasting that he would burn up the territory and kill all the young men; that he would dash the infants to the ground and s...

2022-05-20 09:26 Proverbs 24:23-26. Don't be partial to one side when judging. One who tells the wicked they are innocent will be cursed and will be abhorred by nations, but one who rebukes the wicked will have de...