Month: February 2017

Matthew 24:29,30 The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven… and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. As a child, I dreamt of the apocalypse. It was just a dream, but…
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Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it!  How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! What I get out of the bible, I think, depends a lot on…
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Matthew 23:3,27 For you preach, but do not practice… For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness. Years ago, my wife and I moved into a house and upon attempting to attach the cable TV, found that the supposed cable access was just…
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  Matthew 22:39 You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I have some problems with Jesus’ second greatest command.  First, I do not love anyone as much as me.  Even those I love the most in this world probably do not equal my love for self. I would die for my wife or children but…
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Matthew 22:35-37 One of them… asked him a question… “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” Every day, I look at the numbers for this blog’s performance. …
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Matthew 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen. I am a bit of an introvert when it comes to crowds.  I love people, I just do not enjoy large parties.  So, when I get an invitation to the office Christmas party, though I think I should go, I put off making the decision. …
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Matthew 21:43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits. On our way into jail for our usual Sunday morning bible study, a friend and I were discussing acquaintances who had recently returned to destruction and incarceration.  We have met many,…
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Matthew 21:31 Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you. Jesus’ words were, at times, offensive.  The chief priests and leaders of the temple came to him to challenge his authority and He responded in a manner that must have cut them to the…
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Matthew 21:12,13 And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers… I am generally not an angry person, but when my will is frustrated, I tend to seethe inwardly. When I get angry, it is of course, justified, as I…
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Matthew 21:5,9 Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey… And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” I rarely write of politics.  I just do not have…
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