In my daily readings, I have been working my way through The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, a book I highly recommend for all Christians. Today’s reading deals with Psalm 91:10, and if it is so that no evil will befall thee, how can folks get the plague? While in this day and age we … More STUDY – “No Evil Befall Thee” – 09/10/2025
Benjamin Keach Hosea 6:5 Hosea 6 CONTEXT Statement of Hope and Invitation to Repent (6:1–3) Transgression of the Covenant (6:4–11) Joel R. Beeke, Michael P. V. Barrett, and Gerald M. Bilkes, eds., The Reformation Heritage KJV Study Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2014), 1234. THIS chapter gives an account of some who were … More Friday’s Quote – ” I have hewd them” – 08/22/2025
. TOPIC A chosen people for God’s glory! COMMENT/CONTEXT Anyone who reads the Bible is familiar with the Scriptures that refer to the Nation of Israel (Jews in the OT) and the Gentiles (in the NT) as the Chosen or Elect of God. Who are the chosen or elect of God? Are they the same or … More Devotional – “A Chosen People” – 04/08/2025
Hosea 10:12 Hosea 10 COMMENT and CONTEX I had a completely different devotion planned for today (likely tomorrow) until I read this one this morning. This seems like a straightforward command from God for the nation of Israel to once again get its act together. I have never counted (I am sure someone has) the … More Devotional Thought – “Aperio = to Open” – 04/01/2025
1 John 4 1 John 4:10 I am reasonably sure that everyone reading this has heard some cynic say something like, “If your God is so loving, how can they allow _____________?” You can fill in the blanks with words like suffering, disasters, etc. I felt uncomfortable answering those questions for a long time until … More Devotional Thought – “God’s Love” – 02/18/2025
Ecclesiastes 7 Ecclesiastes 7:1 DEVOTION Spurgeon Gems on Death and Dying (You will find it helpful to LISTEN to the Audio, as you READ the text below.) Ecclesiastes 7:1-2, “The day of death, is better than the day of birth. It is better to go to a house of mourning, than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny … More Sunday Sermon Series -“Day of Death” 01/19/2024
Yes, posted a day late due to sketchy internet, Mia Coppa. I recently read an article that said statements like this confuse one’s perspective on Salvation. Really? It is clear to me, and I would venture to say, even the most casual of individuals studying Reformed theology that Luther is herein referring to the Five … More Sunday Sermon Series – “Faith Alone” – 12/08/2024
Folks have a lot of stuff to be upset about on any given day. The world seems to have lost all sense of ethics and morality. The warning that Isaiah gave in 5:20 (AMP); Woe (judgment is coming) to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for … More Friday Feature Quote – “Weeping and Crying” – 08/23/2024
ACTS 13 ACTS 13:47 CONTEXT CHAPTER OVERVIEW: After Cornelius and other Gentiles are reported to have received the Holy Spirit, the church in Jerusalem agrees to send teachers to the church in Antioch. Now the church in Antioch sets up an initiative for a new mission. In the next two chapters, Barnabas, Saul (who after … More Devotional Thought – Evangelism – 07/18/2024
If I had to choose one word as a theme for this section of scripture it would be “FOCUS.” Where is our focus as Christians? Here the apostle John gives a clear and simple choice to all who would read or hear this Holy Word: John presents only two alternatives in verse 15: A person … More Devotional – Rejection of the World – 07/13/2024
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