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/THEME Forgetting Our Sins For HIS Glory Isaiah 43 Isaiah 43:25 COMMENT/CONTEXT Our main text today continues yesterday’s reading in Isaiah 43. We skip ahead to verse 25. The most common theme I found for this verse is not the one I listed above; they are more like expounding upon God’s mercy, love, and Grace. … More Devotion – “Sins” – 04/09/2025
. 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
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
PHILIPPIANS 3 PHILIPPIANS 3:13 CONTEXT CHAP. 3 CONTENTS In this Chapter, the Apostle warns the Church against false Teachers. He as strongly points out, and that in his own Example, what are the infallible Marks of Grace in the Heart; namely, to win CHRIST, and be found in Him. He closeth the Chapter with the … More Devotional Thought – “Running” – 09/16/2024
Excelsior! Stan Lee At first, when I saw today’s devotional in my inbox, I thought, no way is there any possible connection but of course, the author of this devotional found one. It is a great joy whenever we can take something not necessarily meant to glorify God, and do just that with it. Excelsior! … More Friday Feature Quote “The Apostle Paul and Stan Lee?” – 09/04/2024
Maybe it is just me but the first thing that comes to mind when I hear the word Breech or Breecher is a scene from the movie D-Day where the soldiers were trying to lace together Bangalore torpedoes to Breech the German coastal defenses. ISAIAH 58 Isaiah 58:12 CONTEXT Israel’s hypocritical fasting (58:1–12). When God … More Devotional Thought “Breached” – 08/28/2024
The First Commandment declares we are to worship God (Yahweh/Jehovah, the Holy Triune God of the Bible) alone. The Second Commandment proclaims how we are to worship Him. Paul in Romans 1:18–32 tells us that fallen humanity’s tendency is not toward atheism but rather to idolatry. Having rejected the God who does exist, sinners are prone not … More Devotional Thought – “Images” – 08/15/2024
In our main text for today, we have Jesus following up on His response to Nicodemus in v.3. I can imagine Nicodemus looking at Jesus, remember he had just acknowledged/exalted Him as a great teacher (Rabbi), with a confused (human) intellect. Jesus completely disregards Nicodemus’s salutation and immediately addresses the “heart” of the matter. Nicodemus … More Devotional Thought – “Born Again” – 03/06/2024
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