After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” Matthew 2:1-2 On the day after Christmas, the work of Christmas begins. Continue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Matthew, 26 December 2022. Today’s topic: The Work of Christmas”
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Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 1 December 2022. Today’s topic: This Christmas
But Egypt will be desolate, Edom a desert waste, because of violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood. Joel 3:19 Think of it this way: those who reject God will be desolate, a waste where nothing of value (think “love”) will grow. If you spend your life rejecting Jesus (“I don’tContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Joel, 1 December 2022. Today’s topic: This Christmas”
Practical Proverbial, from Galatians, 12 July 2022. Today’s topic: Nine Fruits: Joy
But the fruit of the Spirit is…joy…. Galatians 5:22 What is joy? How would you describe joy? Dictionary.com primarily defines joy as “the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying; keen pleasure; elation.” Beethoven wrote a symphony about it. The Apostle James described things differently, saying how we should considerContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Galatians, 12 July 2022. Today’s topic: Nine Fruits: Joy”
Practical Proverbial, from Galatians, 27 April 2022. Today’s topic: Truth, Not Whining
You are observing special days and months and seasons and years! I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you. Galatians 4:10-11 (NIV). I’m going to whine a little: whenever I hear people describe one day or one place as “holy,” I get perturbed. “The holy month of Ramadan; the holy cityContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Galatians, 27 April 2022. Today’s topic: Truth, Not Whining”
Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 30 December 2021. Today’s topic: After the End
As for you, go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance.” Daniel 12:13 (NIV). In concluding his book, Daniel records that the angel told him he would die. Gee, what a happy ending! He would die, then receive his inheritance. Continue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 30 December 2021. Today’s topic: After the End”
Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 27 December 2021. Today’s topic: I Don’t Understand
I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will the outcome of all this be? Daniel 12:8 (NIV). This one verse sums up all mankind since Eden. We don’t know; we don’t understand. All the colleges, all the elites and self-proclaimed experts, and the entire internet, and every book everContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 27 December 2021. Today’s topic: I Don’t Understand”
Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 23 December 2021. Today’s topic: Ask the Father
Then I, Daniel, looked, and there before me stood two others, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank. One of them said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long will it be before these astonishing things are fulfilled?” The man clothed inContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 23 December 2021. Today’s topic: Ask the Father”
Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 21 December 2021. Today’s topic: An Easter Christmas
“At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth willContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 21 December 2021. Today’s topic: An Easter Christmas”
Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 20 December 2021. Today’s topic: Like Another Christmas
“At the time of the end the king of the South will engage him in battle, and the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots and cavalry and a great fleet of ships. He will invade many countries and sweep through them like a flood. He will also invade the Beautiful Land. Many countries willContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 20 December 2021. Today’s topic: Like Another Christmas”
Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 12 January 2021 Today’s topic: Jesus, Not Things
But how Esau will be ransacked, his hidden treasures pillaged. Obadiah 6 (NIV). Back to Edom. After reminding us that the mighty will be brought down in the terrible days of the end, Obadiah brings us back to his prophecy of how Edom, the unbelieving descendants of Esau, will be one of them. Hint: soContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 12 January 2021 Today’s topic: Jesus, Not Things”
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