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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Thoughts Bread John chapter 6 begins with Jesus feeding the five thousand, then He walks on the water to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, and then He points out to the people that followed Him there that they did so because he fed them bread. And He talked about the fact that…
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Thoughts Obviously there is a tremendous amount of material in this book. Tomes have been written about this relatively short, 12 chapter book. I am not even going to try to explain all the things that are here, but there are some principles that we can talk about. End Times Daniel is a book about…
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Thoughts I need to let you know why there was no episode yesterday. As I told you a few days ago near the end of the show, I need to move to a new webhost. For those that don’t know, a web host is a company that has a whole bunch of computers, or servers,…
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Thoughts Timothy is pastoring the church at Ephesus, and Paul offers words of advice on how he should conduct himself and lead his congregation. Today’s Bible Translation Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 1-2 NIRV, Ch. 3 GWT Support Please remember that this is a listener supported show. Your support of any amount is…
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Thoughts Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest! And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he…
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Thoughts Background The book of Ezekiel showed us the prophecies of the the beginning of Israel’s captivity. Daniel’s book is of the latter years of their captivity. The visions God gave Ezekiel were meant to be a comfort to the Jews in the midst of their captivity, and the same is true of Daniel’s visions,…
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Thoughts Gray hairs These days, much of my hair is gray. Not all of it yet, but a lot of it. I remember several years ago when I was getting my hair cut, that I looked down at the black drape that my barber had put around me to keep the hair off my clothes,…
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