2021-09-29 10:49 Judith 2:14-20. A description of the army, supplies, and followers that Holofernes musters together to go out and "cover the whole earth to the west with [Assyrian] chariots and horsemen and picked tr...

2021-09-28 09:29 Hebrews 9:18-22. Paul reminds the Hebrews and us that there is no forgiveness of sins without the shedding of blood. "Hence even the first covenant was not ratified without blood." After Moses declare...

2021-09-27 08:44 Matthew 15:32-39. Today it is Matthew's telling of the miracle of the loaves and fishes! Just last week I got John's! Obviously, I'm supposed to be learning something here.... Again, the d...

2021-09-26 10:31 Hosea 11:5-7. God says his people will return to the land of Egypt and Assyria shall be their king "because they have refused to return to me." Their cities will be destroyed by the sword, which will ...

2021-09-25 11:02 Matthew 18:23-35. Jesus compares the kingdom of heaven to a king who forgives his servant a massive debt, only to have the servant go and demand repayment of a much smaller debt from a fellow servant....

2021-09-24 19:51 Judges 11:22-28. Part of Jephthah's speech to the king of the Ammonites who was making war against Israel because Israel occupied what the Ammonites saw as their land. Jephthah reminds the king th...

2021-09-23 17:08 2 Maccabees 15:17-19. Judas Maccabeus has just aroused his fighting men with inspirational words and the description of a dream that he had in which the prophet Jeremiah gave him a golden sword as a g...

2021-09-22 06:12 1 Samuel 16:14-23. King Saul was often tormented by an evil spirit. His servants suggest that he find someone to play music for him when this happens, and one of the servants says he had seen a son of...

2021-09-21 16:41 John 6:1-14. John's telling of the miracle of the loaves and fishes. A great crowd follows Jesus to the Sea of Tiberias. When Jesus sees them, he asks Philip "How are we to buy bread, so that thes...

2021-09-20 13:57 Ezekiel 39:17-20. God is telling Ezekiel to go out to the birds and beasts and tell them to get ready to eat like they never have before at "the sacrificial feast which I am preparing for you." They s...