Psalm 95, 69 Meditation: 1 Corinthians – Paul’s letters have been used to provide a basis for women physically belonging to their husbands. However, people who use Paul’s words for this purpose sometimes forget that the wife has as much authority over her husband’s body as the husband has over the wife’s body. Both participants …
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Friday, February 26
Psalm 95, 40 Meditation: Mark – Not only does this passage show Jesus eating in the house of tax collector with other tax collectors and sinners, it also shows him asserting that he is the one they were preparing for. The fasting of John’s followers and the Pharisee’s disciples was in preparation for the coming …
Wednesday, February 17
Ash Wednesday Psalm 95 Meditation: Luke –Whether you hold to the traditional Christian calendar or not, the purpose of Lent is to remind us of our need for a Savior and the cost that our Savior needed to pay for us. The tax collector in the parable has a truly Lenten spirit. And as we …
Tuesday, November 17
Psalm: 95 Meditation Revelation: Both ends of this reading are at extreme odds with each other. The opening (and bulk of the passage) is of a glorious and victorious overcoming whereas the latter part describes what’s in store when the Lord says: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay.” As provocative as the description may be, …
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Psalm: 109 Meditation Luke: We, today, operate at some disadvantage. We can’t go to a time when we did not know the glorious end of this story. Jesus tells His disciples at the Passover meal, where He has just instituted the Lord’s Supper, that one of them will betray Him. We find it quite incredulous …
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Psalm: 95 Meditation Acts: Gamaliel prevails. Who is Gamaliel? Turns out he was a Pharisee and a wise man and apparently of some influence. He persuaded the Sanhedrin (the governing body of Israel) not to quash the Apostles from preaching the name of Jesus. He cited earlier false messiahs who had failed in their uprisings …
Saturday, April 11
Holy Saturday Psalms: 95, 88 Meditation Job: For a limited time, Job’s life was fraught with misery. In chapters 1-2 Job went from sublime prosperity and progeny (he had 10 adult children) and in the course of a day he lost it all. Job’s attitude? “The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away.” (1:21) …
Friday, April 10
Good Friday Psalms: 95*, 22 Meditation Genesis: This is the first portrayal of the act of redemption – one life sacrificed in place of another. Centuries later on Calvary this same scene will be carried out only this time it will be God’s only Son – one perfect life offered for many imperfect ones. “Now …
Friday, April 3
Psalms: 6, 95 Meditation Romans: ’Tis is a stern warning against complacency. We have seen how the Jews believed that they were chosen by God just by accident of birth. God, in essence, “got stuck with them” regardless of their lack of faith. Here Paul is warning the Gentiles that what can be given can …
Friday, March 27
Psalms: 75, 95 Meditation Jeremiah: The responsibility of the teachers is treated here. While priests in the OT could only come from the descendants of Aaron, teaches could come from any of the 12 tribes. Paul, who was a Pharisee was from the tribe of Benjamin. The teachers of Jeremiah’s day were failing in their …
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