Evangelicia

Alicia's Bible Blog

 

 

Don't Let the Haters Drag You Down
2021-09-10 19:11 Ezekiel 3:4-11. God's words to Ezekiel as he sends him to prophesy to the people of Israel. God says get up and go, Ezekiel, I am sending you not to a foreign people whose language and ways you do...
What Happens When We Realize What We've Done
2021-09-09 18:50 Psalm 143. A plea by David to God asking for his help. David has been pursued by the enemy and has been crushed. His spirit faints within him and his heart is appalled. He asks God not to judge him to...
None of Our Emperors Has Any Clothes
2021-09-08 17:02 Micha 5:10-15. On the day of punishment of the nations that did not obey, the Lord will cut off our horses, destroy our chariots, throw down our strongholds and cities, cut off sorceries and soothsaye...
We Are Called to Be of Service
2021-09-07 19:51 John 13:12-20. Immediately after washing his disciples' feet at the Last Supper, Jesus asks them if they realize what he has done to them. He says he has given them an example that they must follo...
The Fruits of Treachery (A Sequel to There is No Truth or Justice in Them)
2021-09-06 19:05 1 Maccabees 6:19-20 This is the scene immediately following the betrayal that I blogged about in There is No Truth or Justice in Them. Here, having used the traitorous priests and men of Jerusalem to ...
Relearning Wisdom
2021-09-04 16:59 Baruch 3:9-14. God tells Israel to "hear the commandments of life," to listen and learn wisdom. He asks them, why do they think they are in exile in the land of their enemies? Why are they growing old...
We Need to Stop Confusing Politics With Religion
2021-09-03 13:19 Ezekiel 6:1-9. God tells Ezekiel to prophesy against Israel that he will bring the sword upon them and they will lie slain before their idols. Their altars to their idols will be desolate, their bones...
He Will Catch Us When We Are Falling
2021-09-02 17:21 Psalm 38:17-22. David laments. "For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me," I am sorry for my sin and I have confessed, yet those who hate me without cause are many. Because I am pursuing go...
Lies, Deception, Family Disharmony - God Uses it All for Good
2021-09-01 10:44 Genesis 27:18-27. This is the scene where Jacob, encouraged and instructed by his mother, fools and lies to his father Isaac in order to cut his older brother Esau out of his inheritance. Isaac is abo...
Good Leaders Put Their People First
2021-08-31 15:50 1 Kings 1:38-40. A short scene of the anointing of Solomon as King of Israel. King David, Solomon's father, has directed this while he is still alive in order to put to rest any debate upon his de...