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Rekindle the Flame
2021-07-01 17:58 2 Timothy 1:1-9. The opening lines of Paul's second letter to Timothy. Paul greets Timothy, wishes him grace, mercy, and peace in God and thanks God while remembering Timothy in his prayers. Paul ...
We're Not Earning Merit Badges
2021-06-30 11:42 James 2:14-24. James is reminding us that faith without works is meaningless - the demons have the same. Faith alone cannot save us, we must also, in action, follow God's commands - by caring for ...
Prophecy is a Thankless Job
2021-06-29 20:22 Jeremiah 52:24-27. After the sacking of Jerusalem, the captain of the Babylonian guard rounds up the chief priest, the second priest, the three keepers of the threshold from the Temple, and from the c...
Chaos and Confusion are Signs of Destruction
2021-06-28 10:24 Isaiah 34:5-12. Another pretty frightening foretelling of the destruction of Edom, containing lines like "the Lord has a sword; it is sated with blood" "it descends for judgment upon Edom, upon the pe...
That's Not Fair!
2021-06-27 10:10 Numbers 12:9-16. God is angry with Miriam and Aaron for having spoken against their brother Moses and having presumed that they had a similar relationship with God. So he calls them all to the tent of...
Nature is God's Creation, and He Runs it on His Laws (aka "Science!")
2021-06-26 12:17 Jeremiah 51:15-19. Jeremiah is reminding us that it is God who made the earth and everything in it; who stretched out the heavens by his understanding. He stirs up the waters by his voice, he makes li...
Turning on Our Families
2021-06-25 10:46 Obediah 1-21 (the entire book). The very short (one chapter) book of the prophet Obadiah is entirely his prophecy of the destruction of Edom due to their hostility towards their brothers in Israel. Ed...
We Don't Have to be Beasts of Burden to our Idols
2021-06-24 10:42 Isaiah 46:1-4. False gods, idols (here, Bel and Nebo - two Babylonian idols) stoop and need to be carried about. These idols you carry are "loaded as burdens on wearied beasts." They cannot save - the...
Listen to the Warnings
2021-06-23 10:12 Jeremiah 35:12-17. God tells Jeremiah to tell Judah that he is done trying to warn them. He has sent them prophet after prophet, telling them to turn back to him and stop their evil ways, but they ref...
To Whom Do I Owe What?
2021-06-22 13:23 Sirach 8:10-13. Do not kindle the coals of a sinner, lest you be burned in his fire; do not "get up and leave an insolent fellow, lest he lie in ambush against your words"; do not lend to a stronger m...