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Who Are the Needy and Who Really Cares?
2021-07-22 13:33 Amos 8:4-8. God is warning those who "trample upon the needy" and "bring the poor of the land to an end"; those who cannot wait for the Sabbath to be over, so they can start selling again; those who u...
We Have a Lot of Refuse to Get Rid Of
2021-07-21 08:11 Philippians 3:2-11. Paul cautions us to "Look out for the dogs, look out for the evil-workers, look out for those who would mutilate the flesh." Those who worship Jesus Christ in spirit are "the true ...
Recognize Him in Others
2021-07-20 18:41 Hebrews 7:1-10. Paul is describing how Melchizedek is a forerunner of Christ. We don't know a lot about Melchizedek, "He is without father or mother or genealogy, and has neither beginning of days...
This is All for All of Us
2021-07-19 16:09 Isaiah 45:22-23. This one is short, so here's the whole thing "Turn to me and be saved all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. By myself I have sworn, from my mouth has gon...
It's OK, and Sometimes Necessary, to Get Angry
2021-07-18 14:07 Zephaniah 1:1-7. Another prophecy of doom for Judah! God says he will "utterly sweep away everything from the face of the earth," he will "cut off mankind" and the remnant of Ba'al, and the idolat...
Rivers of Tears
2021-07-17 19:08 Lamentations 3:46-51. "All our enemies rail against us; panic and pitfall have come upon us... my eyes flow with rivers of tears... My eyes will flow without ceasing, without respite, until the Lord f...
Another Prosperous Nation Falls
2021-07-16 13:34 Ezekiel 27:10-21. Part of Ezekiel's lamentation over Tyre. These verses are extolling how great and rich and powerful Tyre has been. Every known land traded with them, men from Persia and Lud and ...
You See Evil Growing Instead of Weakening? Do Not Worry.
2021-07-15 17:35 Wisdom 19:6-12. An awestruck recap of the Exodus. Solomon wonders at how God had dry land emerge from where water had been, how a grassy plain emerged from the raging waves for God's children to m...
The Only True "Safe Space"
2021-07-14 14:21 Sirach 2:12-18. "Woe to timid hearts and to slack hands, and to the sinner who walks along two ways!" Faint hearts have no trust, those who lose endurance will not be able to withstand God's punis...
God Answers Me: "Be Patient, That's How Long!"
2021-07-13 14:46 Ephesians 1:1-10. The opening of Paul's letter to the Ephesians. Paul greets them and reminds them that God has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing, because he chose us "before the ...