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03/08/2021 – Day 295 – Acts 9 & 10 // The Trinity at work in redemption.

10:38 – as Peter preached to Cornelius’ household, my footnote to this verse reads as follows:

“In every phase of the redemption, each Person of the Godhead is directly involved. …

03/07/2021 – Day 294 – Hebrews 11 – 13- “The peace that passes all understanding….”

Good morning! I’m starting with 11:5-6 on this glorious Sunday worship morning:

“Let your conduct be without covetnousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself …

03/06/2021 – Day 293 – Nahum 1 – 3 – I thought the Pharisees said in Jesus’ time that there weren’t any prophets out of Galilee in history.

We already noted that Jonah was a prophet from Galilee. And so is well is Nahum who is prophesying against the Ninevites of Assyria, specifically their upcoming total destruction. …

03/05/2021 – Day 292 – Proverbs 31 // We are indeed called to die for our wives…

31:10: “Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies.”

Well, I would emphatically reply: “No man except by the love and …

03/04/2021 – Day 291 – Psalms 120 – 121 // 120: First of fifteen “Psalms of degrees”.

With assist from our brother Matthew Henry, once again, who has gone on before us:

https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/matthew-henry-complete/psalms/120.html

Soli Deo Gloria! / Semper Fi!

03/03/2021 – Day 290 – 2 Chronicles 20 – 24 – Study! Pray! Live!

“Only a true gospel, preached, and demonstrated by God’s people, can overcome the moral corruption in our county. Study! Pray! Live!” Paul Washer

Right in the middle of our reading, …

03/03/2021 – Day 290 – 2 Chronicles 20 – 24 // “Trials tend to bring us to the safety of our knees” – 20: 2,3//

Let’s look at 20: 2,3: “Then some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, from Syria, and they are in …

03/02/2021 – Day 289 – Deuteronomy 1 – 3 // Israel’s Refusal to Enter the Land

I recall a scene in C.S. Lewis’ fictional: “The Great Divorce” where lost souls were being cajoled to entered into the gates of heaven by loved ones and still …

02/28/2021 – Day 288 – Acts 7 & 8 // Stephen’s capsulization of the 1300 year unwinding of God’s covenant with His people.

https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/1867/why-did-stephen-give-such-a-long-speech

For God’s covenant with His chosen people blossoms out to all souls accepting Yeshua (Jesus) the Christ as their personal Lord and savior. What’s fascinating to me …

02/27/2021 – Day 287 – Hebrews 6 – 10 – We are not only saved “from something” (sin and death), but “to something”, by His grace – Our mission to His kingdom! Failure is not an option.

Wedding day today! (saturday,02/27/2021) ; so, I am posting one day ahead to minimize the catch up. Bill, Ada, Cooper and Bertie will be with us today from heaven! …