Psalm: 93, 96 Meditation: John Jesus begins to build his group of disciples (students and followers), knowing them, their locations, and personalities before he meets them, some were followers of his Cousin, John the Baptist, some searchers of scripture and the Messiah, at least one a skeptic. Jesus alludes to both his and their futures …
Tag: Scripture
Monday, May 2
Psalm: 79 Meditation Luke: Here Jesus goes to his hometown of Nazareth and manages to talk himself into being tossed off the local precipice. In the town’s synagogue, he was delivered the scroll of the prophet Isaiah and he searched for and found the passage which he identified with himself (Is. 61:1-2). The chilling moment …
Saturday, February 5
Psalms: 124, 126 Meditation Galatians: Living by the Spirit and being guided by the Spirit (v. 25) sounds like Paul is addressing more mature Christians as opposed to recent converts. Continuing in chapter 6 Paul makes it clear that even the mature Christian must nurture his own life through the Scripture (v. 6) and to …
Friday, December 31
Psalm: 145 Meditation 2 Corinthians: In this passage, Paul begins with an age-old adage (even for him) from Scripture itself: don’t judge by appearances. We still do just that and I doubt we will ever stop. This adage only tells us that things are not always as they seem. We don’t even “see” Christ as …
Friday, December 24
Psalm: 119:1-24 Christmas Eve Meditation Luke: The difficulty of probing a familiar passage of Scripture such as this is the temptation not to try to find something new. This is my effort. Zechariah was a priest and as such he was a Levite. John the baptizer is but 8 days old; Zechariah, though not recognized …
Friday, November 26
Psalms: 20, 23 Meditation Malachi: I seldom consider Scripture addresses. When in the NT, all OT citations are made, but with one exception, without reference to chapter and verse. That was at a time before the chapters and verses were added (for convenience). All of that only to tell you the opening verses are so …
Friday, November 19
Psalm: 56 Meditation James: Luther did not like this book and was in favor of removing it from Scripture. By his time the canon of Scripture had been settled for over a thousand years except for what are called the deuterocanonical (apocryphal) books. Verse 22 may be yet another thorn in Luther’s side. Think of …
Thursday, November 11
Psalm: 135 Meditation Ecclesiasticus: All throughout Scripture we are admonished to “remember”. The truth is we don’t, so occasionally we are given “boosters” to remind us. Most of the time we are exhorted to remember the law, or the word of God. In this case, Sirach delves into the lives of OT saints much as …
Saturday, October 30
Psalm: 102 Meditation Sirach: Again, I hear echoes of Scripture throughout, and I see a mountain of common sense (which, today, appears to be all but missing). Could Sirach be a Calvinist? Perhaps. One can’t say “It was the LORD’s doing that I fell away.” Obvious and ludicrous. He also speaks somewhat of choice. “If …
Tuesday, July 13
Psalms: 56, 57 Meditation Matthew: I can’t begin to know what kind of mood Jesus was in when He unleashed this tirade on the scribes and Pharisees. One “woe” and “hypocrite” after another. Consider: why were the scribes and Pharisees singled out? Unfortunately, most Jews were illiterate – cold not read nor write. A scribe …
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