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Read the Word: Hebrews 3:7-19 Meditate on the Word: It has often been said that those who do not know their history are destined to repeat it. We have always been able to observe this phenomenon from the history books. Scripture is also filled with examples of people who did not learn. The author of… Read More »

Read the Word: Matthew 5:27-30 Meditate on the Word: There is a popular children’s song that goes, “Be careful little eyes what you see.” This same song also reminds us, “be careful little ears what you hear,” and “be careful little feet where you go.” For such simple lyrics made for and sung by children,… Read More »

Read the Word: Job 11:7-9 Meditate on the Word: Job’s three friends ​Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite have all come to comfort him in his distress. The problem is not when they show up and sit in silence with him for seven days and nights. This was the part of… Read More »

Read the Word: Psalm 55:1-15 Meditate on the Word: I will admit to having an uncomfortable relationship with psalms like this, called imprecatory psalms. This is the type of psalm where the author is praying for God’s judgment or calamity upon his enemies. It seems “bad” to me to pray for the destruction of enemies,… Read More »

Read the Word: Romans 8:1-11 Meditate on the Word: When I was first learning to drive, I learned a valuable lesson. Where you are looking is where you will go. If your eyes are focused straight ahead on the road, you will go straight. If you focus on the vehicle in the oncoming lane, you… Read More »

Read the Word: Galatians 3:19-29 Meditate on the Word: I spent many years thinking of the Bible as a big book of “thou shalt nots.” It seemed to be filled with hundreds of ways of displeasing God and being consigned to an eternity in hell. While a part of this may have been the preaching… Read More »

Read the Word: Matthew 18:6-9 Meditate on the Word: Many would like to believe that because Jesus loves and give grace that He ignores sin. A cursory reading of scripture simply does not suppport such a conclusion. In His words in this passage, we see just how seriously that our Lord takes our sin. Of… Read More »

Read the Word: 1 John 2:18-25 Meditate on the Word: One leftover response from my past is that I perk up every time I see or hear the words antichrist or last days. These words always trigger a response in me because I was taught that I should be on the lookout for the Antichrist and that the… Read More »

Read the Word: 1 Peter 1:3-9 Meditate on the Word: Life can be very hard sometimes. We go through things that cause us pain. We suffer illnesses, accidents, or even injuries inflicted by others. We see death and destruction in the news. We see people, even people with strong faith, go through debilitating diseases, and… Read More »

Read the Word: Psalm 124:1-8 Meditate on the Word: Today, it is plain that our psalmist has in mind the ways in which God had delivered the nation of Israel from various enemies. The period of the Judges (about 400 years), records many of these instances. Sure, their enemies were allowed to get so far,… Read More »