Psalm 18:1-20 Meditation: Genesis – Cain’s banishment from God’s sight did not stop the propagation of Cain’s descendants. He became the ancestor of those who live in tents and raised animals, those who play stringed instruments and pipes, and those who craft tools put of bronze and iron. Why do you think it was important …
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Wednesday, January 13
Psalm 14 Meditation: Hebrews – This passage is deceptively powerful. It says that Jesus is unashamed to calls us brothers and sisters. Think about that for a moment. Th Savior of the world loves us as family. He loves us enough to suffer through every temptation and every pain so that he can help us …
Tuesday, January 12
Psalm 6 Meditation: John – In this passage, John the Baptist tells the priests and Levites that he is not the Messiah but the one preparing the way for him. They even ask if John is Elijah or a Prophet. John had his own position. He is the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy. John recognizes his …
Monday, January 11
Psalm 7 Meditation: Genesis – How many creatures were tried out as helpers for Adam before God made Eve? Humans are very different from every other creature in creation. Even the primates that we are biologically similar to don’t have the same relationship types and needs that humans do. God created a perfect partner for …
Sunday, January 10
Psalm: 146 Meditation: Ephesians – Predestination can be a hard pill to swallow, especially since we are socially driven to ‘stand on our own two feet’ and ‘pull ourselves up by our bootstraps.’ We are surrounded by people extoling the fact that they fought for everything they have with no help as if that was …
Sunday, August 2
Psalm: 21 Meditation John: There are at least two confessions of faith in this reading: Philip and Nathanael. Philip says something curious as he speaks with Nathanael: “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the law and about whom the prophets also wrote…” (v. 45) Nathanael’s response to Jesus (and thus to himself): …
Sunday, April 12
Easter (Resurrection Sunday) Psalm: 149 Meditation John: I doubt I shall ever fully understand the great significance of these 18 verses. If these verses were all we had of the bible, I think it would be enough. John introduces us to the “Word” by whom all things were created, as God’s only Son. He then …
Saturday, February 29
Psalms: 123, 128 Meditation Here in Deuteronomy we get a (fleeting) glimpse of just how detestable false gods are to the LORD. He warns his people to keep far away (i.e., detest) these false gods and the gold and silver they are made from. God wants Israel to destroy utterly all the idols especially those …
Friday, February 28
Psalm: 95 Meditation Ezekiel 18:21-29 Beware of becoming complacent. The LORD says (3 times) that if a wicked man turns from his sin he will live, conversely, if a righteous man turns from doing right, he will die. “Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall. Cain was offered …
Thursday, February 27
Psalm: 106 Meditation Consider Isaiah 38:1-6. Hezekiah, king of Judah, became ill and was at the point of death, Isaiah the prophet went to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.” This only means we don’t have the …
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