Saturday, July 20 – Job’s response to his wife’s suggestion to “curse God and die,” after he had suffered tremendously, exemplified wisdom in light of what was experienced…

Job 2:10b (HCSB)“Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?”

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Early on, in the timeline of the history, God explicitly described what His people (Israel) were supposed to be…

Exodus 19:4-6a (NIV)“You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now if you obey me fully and keep...

John 1:30b (HCSB) ‘After me comes a man who has surpassed me, because He existed before me.’

This is a quote from John the Baptist, and it’s incredible. He’s speaking about Jesus. What makes this so “incredible” cannot be realized unless one reads it in light of...

I’m always looking for simple ways to present the Gospel (the “good news”), so that I’m ready when and if the opportunity arises. A verse that I like to use to help someone understand what sin is, is James 4:17…

James 4:17 (ESV)So whoever knows the right thing to do...

“The ‘Labor Theory of Value,’ (LTV) which is the amount of work that you put into something dictates the value of the thing, is a bunch of crap. If I spend all day outside making mud pies, that’s an awful amount of work… It’s also completely useless.” &ndas...

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So, I was reading through the book of Job, and I when came across this verse, something jumped out at me…

Job 39:13 (HCSB)The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?

This is taken from where God ends His silence and addresses Job directly...

Christians debate all the time about how God ought to be worshipped. In some church circles, there are well thought out standards for worship like “The Regulative Principle of Worship” and “The Normative Principle of Worship.” (For a brief overview of these two approaches,...

Philippians 2:5-13 (HCSB)Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be used for His own advantage. Instead He emptied Himself by assuming the form of a slave, taking on the likeness of men. And when He had come...

Psalms 23 (HCSB)The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack. He lets me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He renews my life; He leads me along the right paths for His name’s sake. Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for You are with me;...

A Glorious Progression…

Leviticus 16:2 (HCSB)The Lord said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron that he may not come whenever he wants into the holy place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.”

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Romans 3:21-22 (HCSB)But now, apart from the law, God’s righteousness has been revealed — attested by the Law and the Prophets — that is, God’s righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ, to all who believe, since there is no distinction.

Romans 6:22 (HCSB)But now, since you have been liberated from sin and have become...

The Facts…

Psalms 1:5 (HCSB) “…the wicked will not survive the judgment, and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous.”

Acts 17:30-31 (HCSB) “Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent, because He has set a day when He is going to judge the world...