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…

A Tiny Minnow In A Huge Pond

Scripture There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number— living things both large and small. ~Psalm 104:25, NIV Quote I was too busy trying to become know to understand the advantages of being unknown. ~Alec Guiness I’m not an actor like Guiness but I did spent a lot of my life wishing to be known.…

The Wicked Die–The Word Lives On

Scripture And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him [Herod] because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died. ~Acts 12:23, NASB Quote The wicked die but the Word lives on. ~John MacArthur The Herod of Acts 12 is the grandson of Herod the Great who was ruling…