1 John

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Judges 20

Judges 20

Judges 20 – All of Israel gathered together in order to figure out how to handle the vile situation concerning the men of Gibeah.  Ultimately, civil war would breakout…

1 John 5

1 John 5

1 John 5 – “You guys teach too much on obedience.” The words hung in the air. “It’s all I hear week after week, ‘We must be obedient…

1 John 4

1 John 4

1 John 4 – I remember the meeting well. Almost 20 years ago a woman whom I did not know called and said she had a word…

1 John 3

1 John 3

1 John 3 – My goodness, this chapter is chock full of so many incredible truths. Statement after statement rings out about the love of God through…

1 John 2

1 John 2

1 John 2 – Sin is inevitable. It afflicts us over and over again. Yet this is not a license to simply let it have its way. We…

1 John 1

1 John 1

1 John 1 – He had walked with Him. He was known as the ‘one Jesus loved’. A part of the inner circle of 3, John was…

Jonah 1

Jonah 1

Jonah 1 – Nineveh – on the world stage of mid 750 BC, it was a rising and dominant power.  Some 500 miles east of Israel, ancient historians say…

1 Corinthians 13

1 Corinthians 13

1 Corinthians 13 – “People of little religion are always noisy; he who has not the love of God and man filling his heart is like an…

Psalm 146

Psalm 146

Psalm 146 – Psalm 146 – James Boice writes: “In the earlier psalms, we have studied the writers’ griefs, shames, sins, doubts, and fears. We have…

Psalm 124

Psalm 124

Psalm 124 – There is truth to the statement:  God is either for us or against us. For those whom God is with, His presence and leading is every…

Psalm 101

Psalm 101

Psalm 101 – “When will You come for me?” Just let this question hover in your mind a moment. David’s prayer was to walk blamelessly before his God.  Within…

Psalms 44

Psalm 44

Psalm 44 – War-Weary – utterly exhausted and dejected by war especially after a prolonged conflict.  (Dictionary.com) There’s a tension that hits all of us at times.  It’s that…

Psalms 43

Psalm 43

Psalm 43 – Discouragement sweeps across any of us in a moments notice.  A statement is made, a conversation had that is not what was expected, can usher it…

Psalms 21

Psalm 21

Psalm 21 – David Guzik writes at the end of his commentary on Psalm 21:  “We will sing and praise Your power:  After the direct statement of praise, David…

Psalms 6

Psalm 6

Psalm 6 – Correction.  Discipline.  Rebuke. Words we don’t like the sound of and many times think of these with parents to children but not necessarily as adults.  Yet,…

Deuteronomy 22

Deuteronomy 22

Deuteronomy 22 – “Finders keepers, losers weepers” or so the childhood rhyme goes. In so many ways, God’s laws were practical.  His purpose was for His people to exercise…

Leviticus 1

Leviticus 1

Leviticus 1 – The book of Leviticus is not an easy read.  Almost like a handbook for the priests and Levites, it gives a snapshot of what their duties…

Revelation 18

Revelation 18

Revelation 18 – The persecuted church has always faced the temptation to compromise with the world hoping to ease the tension that is faced while living here. This was…

Revelation 14

Revelation 14

Revelation 14 – In the last days there will be a great division of the human race. There will be those that remain true to the faith even in…

Revelation 9

Revelation 9

Revelation 9 – I want you to think of someone in your life, someone you know who does not know Jesus. Someone who actually is not even remotely interested…

Revelation 2

Revelation 2

Revelation 2 – What if Jesus wrote your church a letter? What would He have to say? What if Jesus wrote you one? What would He speak of concerning…