The last two sermons I heard for the year both had the phrase “Go for it” in them. It was not a coincidence as the second took it right from the first. The lessons both revolved around how to prepare for a better you in the coming year. The details are very different, but the… Continue reading A Month of Sunday’s: 9 – How to Launch Along the Lead

Hosea 1 – Sons of the Living God Joel 1 – Cry out to the Lord Amos 1 – For three sins, even for four Obadiah – The Kingdom will be the Lord’s Jonah 1 – The Lord Provided Micah 1 – Into Exile   The first half of the minor prophets: From a trivia… Continue reading Daily Summaries: A new level of randomness 42: The Ones – Part 6 – Holy Purpose

1 John 2:18-29 New International Version 18 Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For… Continue reading The Letters of John – Lesson 6 – 1 John 2:18-29 – Discerning the Positive

Job 5:7 Yet, men give birth to evil,    As surely as sparks dart upward.   I cannot remember the exact setting, but I was recently in a conversation about the difference between the facts of science and truth. From the time I was small, I was taught not to lie and told to “tell… Continue reading Job 76: Study 61: Job 5:7 – His Design

We started watching a Grinch Christmas show last night and I heard him say something about 53 years. That is my age and I started to pay a little more attention to see how I might identify with the character. A friend told me that our witness for Christ will continually evolve as we grow… Continue reading Random XVIII – Journey with the Hall of Fame

Job 5:6 For evil does not come from dust,    Nor wretchedness sprout from the soil.   So, the text moves from fools to evil. In this I see a distinction being made from people who do not know any better and people who intentionally do wrong. A young child hitting a dog is one… Continue reading Job 75: Study 60: Job 5:6 – Live Today

1 John 2:7-17 New International Version 7 Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. 8 Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the… Continue reading The Letters of John – Lesson 5 – 1 John 2:7-17 – No other Command

Job 5:5 His harvest the hungry will devour,    His substance the starving will carry away,       And the famished will drag off his wealth.   As mentioned in the last verse, this is Eliphaz poking at Job. Job’s kids, his animals, and his health have been taken from him. Something I just read said… Continue reading Job 74: Study 59: Job 5:5 – Spoken like a Fool

Major Prophets Isaiah 1 – From the sole of your foot to the top of your head (Like Job) Jeremiah 1 – I am only a child Lamentations 1 – Because of all my sins Ezekiel 1 – The likeness of the Glory of the Lord Daniel 1 – God gave knowledge and understanding  … Continue reading Daily Summaries: A new level of randomness 41: The Ones – Part 5 – Studying the Parts

Job 5:4 His children are far from success,    They are crushed at the judgement gate,       With no one to deliver them.   Again, we read about the fool. Not only is his abode accursed, but his children also have a hard time. One of the great joys of being a Christian parent is… Continue reading Job 73: Study 58: Job 5:4 – The Fool’s Children