There are some incredibly important events in these two short chapters. The ministry of John the Baptist, which had been prophesied, the baptism of Jesus, His temptation in the desert, the beginning of his preaching ministry, the calling of the first disciples, and the healing of all kinds of sicknesses, both physical and spiritual. It…
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In today’s reading the Lord gave Isaiah some visions of the judgments that would be coming. But He also gives some good news of the coming Messiah. The virgin birth was foretold, and the glorious titles that he’ll have when he comes again to reign as king here on earth. And we got a glimpse…
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If you would like to email me, you can do so at this address. Job is really suffering now. He has lost so much, and now even his body has turned against him. So much so that he wishes he had never been born. But notice, beloved, he does not speak against God, even though…
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Email me at st***@*************ia.com. What do you like about the podcast? What do you think might make it better? Psalm 4 was one that really spoke to me today. In these troubled days, there are many who make terrible and slanderous lies about people they do not agree with. It’s become an epidemic, if you…
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In our reading today, perhaps the most amazing miracle recorded in the Bible is recounted. God stopped the sun and the moon. I have a scientific background, so this miracle is difficult to understand, if I think about it without the lens of faith. I mean…we think we have learned something of how the planets…
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Well, talk about a quarantine. The waters prevailed on the earth 150 days, and they’re still on the ark. Next Monday we’ll find out how much longer before they were able to step on dry ground. Yep, it’s still going to take a while.
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Beloved, we live in a time of division, wouldn’t you agree? Our nation, and even much of the world, is more divided today than we have seen in a very long time. But guess what. Ecclesiastes 1:9 tells us, “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is…
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You’ve probably heard the Christmas story a thousand times. I know I have. So it’s pretty cool to read it again and see something that I’ve never noticed before. At the end of chapter one, after the angel tells Joseph not to be afraid to marry Mary, it says, “When Joseph woke up, he did…
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Can you imagine being Isaiah with this vision of Heaven? Think of it! All of a sudden, being in the presence of the Lord, with Him sitting on His throne in all His glory. I can relate to Isaiah’s first reaction, “Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean…
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While I love the book of Job, it breaks my heart to read of Job’s losses. But it makes me even angrier at the enemy. He hates God’s most prized creation, mankind, so much. That any creature would be so twisted and evil that they would desire to bring such sorrow and destruction on someone…
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