“When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.” (4:29) ESV The fourth chapter of Luke is a fascinating journey into the hearts of people who suffered from preconceived ideas. Jesus was back at home and reading the Scripture in the synagogue where He grew up. Read more…
By faith Noah, after he was warned about what was not yet seen and motivated by godly fear, built an ark to deliver his family. By faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. I was reading about Noah today and how Read more…
He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy and faithful in spirit keeps the matter hidden. (v. 13) The righteous person is someone who is a proclaimer of truth. It is good to stand up for what is right, and it is good to Read more…
My whole being shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips, when I remember You upon my bed and meditate on You in the night watches. For You have been my help, and in the shadow of Your wings will I Read more…
Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far? (v. 18) The older I get, the more nostalgic I become. In this season of life, I am looking back Read more…
The Lord said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh, for I have made his heart hard, and his servants’ hearts, that I might show these My signs [of divine power] before him, And that you may recount in the ears of your son and of your grandson what I have done Read more…
Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favor in your eyes that you should notice me, when I am a foreigner? (v. 2) Like most people, I am concerned about the growing refugee and immigration crisis around the world. Read more…
“So neither he who plants is anything nor he who waters, but [only] God Who makes it grow and become greater. He who plants and he who waters are equal (one in aim, of the same importance and esteem), yet each shall receive his own reward (wages), according to his Read more…
And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau your firstborn; I have done what you told me to do. Now sit up and eat of my game, so that you may proceed to bless me. And Isaac said to his son, How is it that you have found the Read more…
As for what was sown on good soil, this is he who hears the Word and grasps and comprehends it; he indeed bears fruit and yields in one case a hundred times as much as was sown, in another sixty times as much, and in another thirty. (vs. 23) This Read more…