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He Who Is Humble – Isaiah 66:1-4
The Ancient History Encyclopedia says, “The temple was a sacred precinct defined by a priest…as the dwelling place of a god or gods and the structure built there was created to honor the of
Continue reading...Heard on High – Isaiah 58:1-9
Healthline.com notes that “Intermittent fasting (IF) is currently one of the world’s most popular health and fitness trends. People are using it to lose weight, improve their health and simplify
Continue reading...Backsliding – Isaiah 57:14-21
The Hebrew word translated “backsliding” in the English Standard Version of Isaiah 57:17 can mean backturning, recusant, or apostate, according to Brown, Driver and Briggs. Never heard the
Continue reading...Open Ears – Isaiah 50:4-6
I have hearing loss. I lose sounds in the higher range and that means I often fail to clearly hear some speech (consonants like b, c, d, p, t, v and z are sometimes particularly hard to discern). Hearing
Continue reading...Servant and Friend – Isaiah 41:8-10
Can a servant truly be your friend? Can you make your friend a servant? For God, the answer is yes. I’m sure humans have experienced it also. Queen Victoria had a servant from India who became
Continue reading...Firm Faith – Isaiah 7:1-9
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been in the spotlight of late because of his daily updates on the battle of New York against covid-19, and really, because he has demonstrated an appropriate fear of
Continue reading...White as Snow – Isaiah 1:18-20
When I was sixteen and new to Memphis and our church, my dad made me go to a youth meeting at the church. I did not want to go, even arguing, to no avail, that the Bible was written by men and therefore
Continue reading...Man From Uz – Job 1:1-5
Have you ever had a brush with fame, you know, run into someone very famous? I was once in a hotel for a conference in Chicago and as I was getting off the elevator coming in was Mr. T. Not famous enough
Continue reading...Test Yourselves – 2 Corinthians 13:1-10
Passing a test! We’ve all experienced being tested and hopefully passing a test. To pass you must give answers that are on the mark with what you are supposed to be learning. Failure to meet this
Continue reading...Parental Guidance – 2 Corinthians 12:11-21
The Motion Picture Association relates that the film rating system was created in 1968 to provide parents with the information needed to determine if a film is appropriate for their children. The rating
Continue reading...I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up – Matthew 26:57-75
There used to be a commercial for a medic alert device for elderly people that they would wear around their necks in case they fell and needed help. The commercial showed a woman on the floor and she said
Continue reading...Though All Fall Away – Matthew 26:26-35
I have a blog called Ask the Pastors. People ask questions for a pastoral response, and one question I have gotten over and over again in one form or another is, “Will God forgive me for breaking
Continue reading...Patient in Judgment – Matthew 21:28-46
One of the common objections I hear to belief in the God of Scripture is that He is such an ogre in the Old Testament. He claims to be merciful and compassionate, but He’s “always” destroying
Continue reading...Create in Me a Clean Heart – Matthew 15:10-20
I came across a site called CleanHeart.Online that is part of a Catholic Church initiative to help people deal with impure usage of the internet. It is “an annual campaign that uses original Catholic
Continue reading...Doing What We Know We Should Do – Matthew 7:24-29
Procrastination. We’ve all experienced it. We know we should be doing this thing that will benefit us, but somehow the reward doesn’t seem real enough or critical enough to move us. There are
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