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03/14/2021 – Day 301 – James – 1 – 3// 3 of 3 – “Faith Without Works is Dead” – remembering family arguments.

I remember in the early 60s my father, a lifelong Catholic and my mother a lifelong Lutheran , argue back and forth on James Chapter 2 : Verses 14 …

03/14/2021 – Day 301- James: 1 – 3// 1 of 3: A biography summary of James from Halley’s Bible Handbook//

A little about James from Halley’s Bible Handbook before I get into our reading:“The oldest brother of Jesus was named James (Matthew 13:55). This James was early recognized as …

03/13/2021 – Day 300 – Habakkuk: 1-3 // “Good hope through grace is founded in a holy fear.”

The background is this Book is it precedes the Babylonian capitivity, spanning the years 597 B.C. to 538 B.C. Once again , I defer to Matthew Henry. …

03/12/2021 – Day 299 – Ecclesiastes 1 – 2 // Solomon, the penitent Preacher, with much to teach us from his life lessons.

I am going to share with you a summarization of the book from Matthew Henry’s commentary , as well as an instructive note from the first 3 verses from the …

03/11/2021 – Day 298 – Psalms 122 – 124 // “The Joy of Going to the House of the Lord”

I was reading through this during lunch. I am in a period where time seems even more precious. So, I am a little bit more limited in the …

03/10/2021 – Day 297 – 2 Chronicles 25 – 28 – Let us prepare our ways before the Lord our God daily.

As I was leaving late tonight from the office, I stopped to talk to an esteemed Christian remnant warrior female colleague, who whispered to me at the coffee bar over …

03/09/2021 – Day 296 – Deuteronomy 4 – 6 // “I believe the reason why so few find Christ is that they do not search for Him with all their hearts; they are not terribly in earnest about their soul’s salvation.” D.L. Moody

6:4 – The Jewish “Shema”: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, …

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 …