“The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.” Isaiah 50:4 August 19, 2022 The “mystery” Servant of the Lord in […]
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But I said, “I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my right is with the LORD, and my recompense with my God.” Isaiah 49:4 August 18, 2022 It might seem unimaginable that the Servant, the Messiah, could have struggled with a sense of failure. In this
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“Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The LORD called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name.” Isaiah 49:1 August 17, 2022 Polls often dominate the news. From time to time some of these polls attempt to show how “religion” plays less and
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“Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.” Isaiah 42:1 August 16, 2022 Comfort! Do we need it? We do, as did Israel at the lowest point in her history as a nation. Exiled from
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“If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them. But this gain for a land in every way: a king committed to
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“But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.” Matthew 5:22 August 12, 2022 Jesus lived no sheltered life. He witnessed anger early
“Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.” Ecclesiastes 4:1 August 11, 2022 James Boice tells the story of
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The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them. Ecclesiastes 2:14 August 10, 2022 Movie stars are an interesting study in how life and death can be lived so emptily. One of my mini-hobbies has been
“For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.” 1 Corinthians 1:26 August 9, 2022 Can we expect to win the unbeliever to Christ by logical arguments? Paul reminded the Corinthian believers of their humble origins. In one sense
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“Yet they sinned still more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.” Psalm 78:17 August 8, 2022 If you took a “yet” word-comb and ran it through Psalm 78 (all seventy two verses), it appears five instructive times (vv. 9, 17, 23, 38, 56). The entire psalm is a history lesson in
