“Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred with it.” Proverbs 15:17“Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.” Proverbs 17:1 (net) August 3, 2023 Have you eaten meals when things were a bit frosty between you […]
“The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.” Proverbs 10:1 (ESV)“A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.” Proverbs 17:25 (NET) August 2, 2023 Wisdom tells us that a husband and wife are
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“He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.” Proverbs 18:22 (ESV)“A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.” Proverbs 19:14 (NET) August 1, 2023 Wisdom tells us that a loving, loyal spouse is the most valuable asset a home can
“Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.” Proverbs 1:8-9 July 31, 2023 The Christian family is to serve as an outpost, a domestic church in the community drawing attention to the gospel of Jesus Christ. In
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“When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.” Revelation 6:9 July 28, 2023 We must remember that the Bible ends the way it began. Persecution of the righteous by the unrighteous with
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“Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.” 2 Thessalonians 1:4 July 27, 2023 Conspiracies can be very attractive. They have a way of explaining the inexplicable. Be careful. They can be loaded with deceptions
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“And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles….Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word.” Acts 8:1,4 July 26, 2023 Jesus told a parable about scattering
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“And he said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And he said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.’” Acts 9:5 July 25, 2023 We should not be surprised that there is a high cost for following Jesus Christ. Jesus Himself said there would be a price to pay (Matt. 10:16ff.). Persecution takes us to the very
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“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:10 July 24, 2023 People persecuted are to be envied. Does that not sound strange? But that is what Jesus is saying in this beatitude. It challenges contemporary errors in the church: that Christianity delivers from suffering, that
“But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Matthew 5:44 July 21, 2023 In the conflict with evil and those who are our enemies we must be on our guard as kingdom citizens. The danger is one of sliding into an unholy hatred of those who are against
