Foul Communication

Scripture A beautiful woman who lacks discretion is like a gold ring in a pig’s snout. ~Proverbs 11:22, NLT Quote You can’t draw fresh water from a salty pool. ~James, the brother of Our LORD I love book stores and I am bad about buying books that are on sale whether I need them or…

Glimmer Or Glory

Scripture “Make eleven curtains of goat-hair cloth to serve as a tent covering for the Tabernacle.” ~Exodus 26:7, NASB Quote We are perishing from lack of wonder {awe} not lack of wonders {breath taking edifices}. ~G.K. Chesterton God gave Moses instructions to build a Tabernacle, a tent for worship. One of the things on my…

Black and White

Scripture There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. ~Proverbs 16:25, NASB Quote To the sophisticated, it seems scandalous to say that everything is black or white, right or wrong with no middle ground. ~Derek Kidner Derek Kidner is an expert when it comes to Wisdom Literature…

Times Up

Scripture Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no longer. ~Nahum 1:12, NASB Quote It is not hard for the LORD to turn night into day: He does it all the time. ~Charles H. Spurgeon The LORD took ownership of Israel’s affliction. Nahum lived is one of the darkest periods of Jewish history, the…

Antidote to Fear

Scripture Do not be afraid, I shall provide for you and you dependants. ~Genesis 50:21, REB Quote Whatever your present circumstances are: they will eventually change but Jesus love for you will not. ~Charles Stanley I love the book of Genesis, especially chapters 40-50 which detail the life of Joseph and his reconciliation with his…

Jesus Is

Scripture Which of you can truthfully accuse Me of sin? ~John 8:46, NLT Quote “Jesus claimed to be the Son of God. He either was or wasn’t and you either believe He is or that He is not.” ~William Franklin Graham I’m sure you can find some vile things on YouTube. I haven’t seen any but of…

EX-33-REB

Scripture I shall make all My goodness pass before you…I shall be gracious to whom I shall be gracious and I shall have compassion on whom I shall have compassion. ~Exodus 33:19, REB Quote There is no end to God’s goodness, and there ultimately will be no end to your ability to experience it. ~Charles…

Residual Results

Scripture The wages of sin is death. ~Romans 6:23, NASB Quote Payday someday, it is woven into the fabric of the universe. ~Robert G. Lee David was a brilliant man and his songs will live in eternity and that in itself blows my little finite mind but unfortunately for him, fortunate for us, his sins…

Irony Upon Irony

Scripture David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand. ~1Samuel 23:14, NASB Quote Monkeys don’t write symphonies. ~John MacArthur One of the definitions of an irony is a state of affairs…

Giants In The OT

Scripture Only king Og of Bashan remained, as the sole surviver of the Rephaim. His sarcophagus of basalt was over thirteen feet long and six feet wide, and it may still be seen in the Ammonite town of Rabbah. ~Deuteronomy 3:11, REB Quote Fascinating subjects have a way of becoming obsessions and can become an…