10/07/2024 – Day 106 – Mark – Chapters 11 & 12 / Why did Jesus curse the fig tree? Mark 11: 12 – 26
Last cycle, our post on this reading focused heavily on 12:28: The scribe asking Jesus which is the most important commandment. Barclay provides a fascinating background commentary, so …
Read More10/08/2024 – “… Because the greatest, deepest, and most profound thing you could ever know is also the most simple… Dada! ” / Matthew 6:6
Dada, Tata, Papa, and Abba
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
The word father comes from the Greek word ‘pater.’ It is linked to the ancient Sanskrit name ‘tata.’ In other languages, it becomes …
Read More10/7/2024 – ChristianPost.com: “October 7: What I experienced a year ago in Israel” by Jonathan Feldstein
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/october-7-what-i-experienced-one-year-ago-in-israel.html
Continued prayers for Israel, and for all the families and loved ones that have lost loved ones and those who just don’t know whether their loved ones(s) are even …
Read More10/06/2024 – Day 105 – 1 Corinthians – Chapters 13 & 14 / “The Supremacy of Love” – 1 Corinthians 13: 8-13. / “… Love is the fire which kindles faith and it is the light which turns hope into certainly.”
Last cycle’s post is dated 06/12/2022, drawing upon a commentary by William Barclay. I am sticking with Barlay again, pgs 125 & 126 in his 1 Corinthians commentary book.
“In …
Read More10/07/2024 – “Let your life be cleansed by God and it will become a new, revived, and refreshed life. Come to God and be cleansed.” / Ezekiel 36:25
Pudgy’s Dance
Monday, October 7, 2024
When I was a child, my dog Pudgy hated baths. But afterwards, she’d run around jumping for joy. Even the dog knew this truth – after …
Read More10/06/2024 – “The Nature of Regeneration” / “When it pleased God … to reveal His Son in me …” (Galatians 1: 15-16)
“If Jesus Christ is going to regenerate me, what is the problem He faces? It is simple this — I have a heredity in which I had no say …
Read More10/05/2024 – “The Nature of Degeneration” / “Just at through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus spread to all men, because all sinned …” (Romans 5:12)
“The Bible does not say that God punished the human race for one man’s sin, but that the nature of sin, namely, my claim to my right to myself, entered …
Read More10/05/2024 – “There is a God in heaven who overrules all things for the best; and this is the comfort of my soul.” David Brainerd (1718 – 1747) / see bio – attached link
A Short But Most Effective Life – David Brainerd
Excerpt – Concluding two paragraphs:
“2 Corinthians 4:7 gives us a significant understanding of what was going on in Brainerd’s life. “But …
Read More10/05/2025 – Day 104 – Jeremiah – Chapters 12 – 16 / The Lord declares restoration of the nation of Israel 2500+ years ahead : (Jeremiah 16: 14)/ Therefore, “…just as Jeremiah found, we can know that the faithfulness of our God is infinite; even when we are unfaithful to Him, He remains steadfast (2 Timothy 2:13).
“But you have behaved more wickedly than your ancestors. See how all of you are following the stubbornness of your evil hearts instead of obeying me. So I …
Read More10/04/2025 – “Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.” Psalm 72:18
A Nation The Size of New Jersey
Friday, October 4, 2024
In 1948, ancient prophecy was fulfilled as Israel was raised from the dead. I’m writing these words in New Jersey. It’s …
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