Good morning! Today is a reflection day. The scene following the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem, where Ezra reads …
8/30/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Psalm 119 is a beautiful and remarkable chapter. It is the longest in …
8/29/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. A verse that caught my eye on this read-through was Nehemiah 7:2: “I …
8/28/25
Good morning! Text: Nehemiah 11-13; Psalm 119:33-48 After the rebuilding of the wall of the city of Jerusalem, the people …
8/27/25
Good morning! Text: Nehemiah 8-10; Psalm 119:17-32 When the Book of the Law is read aloud in the presence of …
8/26/25
Good morning! Text: Nehemiah 4-7; Psalm 119:1-16 I love the story of Nehemiah leading the people as they rebuild the …
8/25/25
Good morning! Text: Nehemiah 1-3; Psalm 118:15-29 The book of Nehemiah chronicles the rebuilding of the city wall of Jerusalem. …
8/24/25
Good morning! Text: Ezra 8-10; Psalm 118:1-14. Ezra comes to a challenging ending, as Ezra confronts the people for having …
8/23/25
Good morning! Text: Ezra 5-7; Psalm 117. Yesterday in Ezra we saw how the adversary was able to get work …
8/22/25
Good morning! Text: Ezra 1-4; Psalm 116 Ezra brings the account of the rebuilding of the temple after the exile …
8/21/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. We spend a lot of effort working to correct, avoid, deny or cover …
8/20/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Corinthians 10-13; Psalm 115 As Christians, we are in a spiritual battle – as attested in …
8/19/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Corinthians 7-9; Psalm 114 What do we grieve over? When I hear that word, “grieve”, I …
8/18/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Corinthians 4-6; Psalm 113 Some people think that becoming a Christian is a step into perfection. …
8/17/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Corinthians 1-3; Psalm 112 There is a lot in these passages! A powerful supernatural reality for …
8/16/25
Good morning! Text: Obadiah; Psalm 111 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice …
8/15/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 34-36; Psalm 110 Today we finish our time in 2 Chronicles as the Babylonians execute …
8/13/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 31-33; Psalm 109 King Manasseh was a wicked king in Judah. Even so, the Lord …
8/14/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day Yesterday we encountered Psalm 109 on the schedule…. Psalm 108 the day before. …
8/12/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 28-30; Psalm 108 King Hezekiah brings revival to Judah, cleansing the temple, resuming the celebration …
8/11/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 25-27; Psalm 107 King Jotham of Judah is cited as one of the better kings. …
8/10/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 22-24; Psalm 106:24-48 When King Joash was anointed, he was but seven years old. The …
8/9/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 19-21; Psalm 106:1-23 In 2 Chronicles 20, King Jehoshaphat of Judah is confronted by hostile …
8/8/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 16-18; Psalm 105 Amid the tales of the Hebrew kings, some good, some bad, we …
8/7/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. The Old Testament history we read in 2 Chronicles tells the tales of …
Today’s Word 8/6/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 12-15; Psalm 104:24-35 In 2 Chronicles 14, we meet a new king in Judah, Asa. …
8/5/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 8-11; Psalm 104:1-23 The Psalms are rich. Words of prayer written by men, yet inspired …
8/4/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 5-7; Psalm 103 When Solomon dedicates the temple, he brings a powerful and rousing prayer …
8/3/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 1-4; Psalm 102 Psalm 102 was written between 2,500 and 3,000 years ago. This Psalm …
8/2/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Corinthians 15-16; Psalm 101 As Paul concludes this first letter to the Church at Corinth, he …
8/1/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Corinthians 12-14; Psalm 100 These passages in 1 Corinthians speak to how we live, serve and …
7/31/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. I am a talker. I suppose that is helpful for a preacher. But …
7/30/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Psalm 96 opens with these words: “Oh sing to the Lord a new …
7/29/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. It can be so very frustrating when we share our faith with others …
7/28/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Corinthians 9-11; Psalm 99 1 Corinthians is filled to the brim with exhortation to those who …
7/27/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Corinthians 6-8; Psalm 98 These passages in 1 Corinthians call us upward to lives of purity, …
7/26/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Corinthians 3-5; Psalm 97 1 Corinthians is sometimes called “the spanking of the saints” as it …
7/25/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Corinthians 1-2; Psalm 96 We live in a world where intellectual types are routinely critical of …
7/24/25
Good morning! Text: Hosea 12-14; Psalm 95 When I was growing up, we attended a church that had a strong …
7/23/25
Good morning! Text: Hosea 9-11; Song of Solomon 8 Prophets like Hosea bring messages of clarity to God’s people. The …
7/22/25
Good morning! Text: Hosea 5-8; Song of Solomon 7 The voice of the prophets is at once sharp and warning, …
7/21/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. The first time I read the Song of Songs (or of Solomon), I …
7/20/25
Good morning! Text: Hosea 1-4; Song of Songs 6 Hosea opens with a beautiful and difficult tale which depicts God’s …
7/19/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Chronicle 27-29; Song of Songs 5 These closing chapters of 1 Chronicles are rich with grandeur. …
7/18/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Chronicles 24-26; Song of Solomon 4 The various clans and families of the Levites had particular …
7/17/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Chronicles 21-23; Song of Songs 3 King David is incited to take a census of the …
7/16/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Chronicles 18-20; Song of Solomon 2 As 1 Chronicles 19 opens, we read how David decided …
7/15/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Chronicles 15-17; Song of Solomon 1 After David is established as King over all Israel and he …
7/14/25
Good morning! Text: Today is a reflection day. Our daily time in the Word of God is like food for …
7/13/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Chronicles 12-14; Ecclesiastes 12 1 Chronicles is filled with lists of names – genealogies and, at …