Thoughts It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time In chapter 17, David looked at the palace he had built for himself and thought, “I should build an appropriate place for the ark of the covenant.” Seems like a good and noble thing to do, right? The prophet Nathan thought so, so he told…
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Thoughts Beloved, I want to go back to chapter 6 and the blessing with which God told Moses to have Aaron and his sons bless the children of Israel. God said, “…this is what they should say.” Notice that God gave them the words to say. He didn’t leave it up to their discretion. This…
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Thoughts Coincidence? I Think Not When writing my comments for the day’s reading, I don’t look at the following day’s reading. I just take them one day at a time. So when I read today’s chapters, I was somewhat amused, because Paul is writing from prison. Why is he in prison? Because he would not…
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Thoughts But no one had the courage to speak favorably about him in public, for they were afraid of getting in trouble with the Jewish leaders. John 7:13 NLT Many among the crowds at the Temple believed in him. “After all,” they said, “would you expect the Messiah to do more miraculous signs than this…
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Thoughts Introduction To Hosea Hosea is the first book in what are called the Minor Prophets. They’re not called this because they are less important than the Major Prophets (which we just completed with the reading of the book of Daniel). The reason they’re called the Minor Prophets is because these books are much shorter….
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Thoughts Foolishness It’s hard to avoid zeroing in on the topic of foolishness in chapter nineteen, especially considering the shape of happenings around the world, and in the US. Foolishness abounds, wouldn’t you agree? I’m talking about foolishness as described in the Bible. How does Scripture characterize it? Let me quote gotquestions.org: “Often in Scripture,…
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Thoughts For the most part, these chapters were psalms of worship and celebration. Do you know Dennis Prager? He’s been on the radio since 1982, and his show has been syndicated to hundreds of radio stations for decades. And he’s had a syndicated newspaper column for even longer than his radio show, I think. And…
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Thoughts King David is hiding from his enemies. He’s been fighting the Philistines with his army, and he’s thirsty. And here’s what the scripture says, David longed for water. He said, “I wish someone would get me a drink of water from the well that is near the gate of Bethlehem!” So the Three fought…
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Thoughts Introduction The book of Numbers is titled “In the Wilderness” in Hebrew, and that is really what the book is about. The previous book, Leviticus, told the story of the Hebrew people in the year after God, through Moses, led them out of Egyptian bondage. It covered just a year. Numbers covers the more…
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Thoughts Young Pastors Dealing With Older Members Paul’s advice to Timothy in chapter 5, on how to deal with different age groups is very good. I have known young pastors who went counter to this advice, very much to the detriment of their ministry. When a young so-called leader does not properly honor the more…
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