Psalms: 140, 142 Meditation Acts: I don’t know when this event took place, but one bible I have gives 60 A.D. So, Paul is in prison and the Jews are still hot for his blood. This fellow Felix was not about to become a Christian, but he was laboring under the mistaken notion that Paul …
Tag: Mark 12
Thursday, August 20
Psalm: 131, 132 Meditation Mark: Jesus makes it clear that God is to come first (last and always) for all of us. No equivocation. That is the first of the 10 Commandments – or rather, the first 4 Commandments. Loving one’s neighbor as oneself is covered in the remaining six. Since we are living in …
Wednesday, August 19
Psalms: 119:145-176 Meditation 2 Samuel: The revolt against David was put down but at great cost. David had given a strict command that Absalom was not to be killed – he said this in the hearing of the army. However, Joab, perhaps thinking David might spare Absalom, took it upon himself to kill the traitor …
Saturday, February 22
Psalm: 58 Meditation Isaiah: The resting place for the LORD has gone through several metamorphoses. From a tent to a Temple (which was destroyed) to the second Temple made grudgingly, and finally being resurrected as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, aka Herod’s Temple. It was a marvel but barely lasted a …
Friday, February 21
Psalms: 122, 123 Meditation 1 Timothy: It is easy to forget that this is a personal letter to an individual until you get to verse 23, and that may be the only clue for verse 24’s return to general instruction. I cannot imagine how difficult it must have been to keep the theology of the …
Thursday, February 20
Psalms: 98, 99 Meditation Mark: Time and again Jesus has to contend with the myopic (near-sighted) leaders of the people “who can’t see the forest for the trees”. The truth is many Christian can become rather myopic as well when their own beliefs are brought into question. These often become the “hills to die on” …
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