Company We Keep
Proverbs 13:20 Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm. One of the best ways to tell the character of a person is to see the company they keep. We tend to either influence other people toward our values or we get influenced by them toward their values. The…
The Seven’s
Psalm 7, 37, 67, 97, 127 Would you be willing to let your enemies be your judge, jury and executioner? The psalmist in Psalm 7 tells the LORD that if he has done evil, to let his enemies carry out judgment on him. He is so certain of his innocence that he is willing to…
Led to Temptation Matthew 4:1
Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Oil and water don’t mix, at least not naturally. Modern chemistry, in the cloak of creating more profitable food stuffs, has created hydrogenated oils. If I understand the process, oils are pushed through an extremely fine sieve…
Numbers 15:15 Outsiders
Numbers 15:15 The community is to have the same rules for you and for the foreigner residing among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the Lord: I don’t like double standards. For me, it strikes at the heart of justice. I…
Judges 11:30-31 Overkill
Judges 11:30–31 And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord: “If you give the Ammonites into my hands, 31 whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the Lord’s, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.” Sometimes it can be…
Leviticus 20:7-8 Holy By Choice
Leviticus 20:7-8 “ ‘Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God. 8 Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the LORD, who makes you holy. There is often debate about what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior. We read about it in the news every day. Even the courts of our land make…
Matthew 20:2 – Economics
Matthew 20:2 He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard. The debate about capitalism (individuals control economics) versus socialism (government controls economics) is raging here in this country. A very small and vocal minority is pushing very hard against capitalism, especially at the federal level. There seems…
Day 173
Inheritance for persistent faith Hebrews 6 Key Verses: 1, 7, 11, 18, 19 These first few verses lay out some of the most basic topics we need to understand if we want to conduct our lives the way Jesus wants us to live. Notice that we must understand who Christ is first and foremost. Then…
Get Up!
Mark 2:8-11 I would love to know what other people were thinking. But I would also hate it! Unless I was able to turn off the messages, it would drive me nuts. Sometimes people tell us what they are thinking with their faces, or their body language. We can see all sorts of emotions…
A New Journey
There are some exciting new tools on this site now. Both are for students of Hebrew. The first is a Hebrew Vocab Trainer which help students learn their vocab as they follow formal study courses. These options are customized in conjunction with their instructors. The second tool is the Hebrew Audio Player. I am really…
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