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 …
7/12/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Chronicles 9-11; Ecclesiastes 11 The Book of Ecclesiastes, written by Solomon, is a reflection on life …
7/11/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Chronicles 5-8; Ecclesiastes 10 Ecclesiastes is “wisdom literature,” and contains the words of Solomon as he considers the …
7/10/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Chronicles 1-4; Ecclesiastes 9 Chronicles opens with genealogies – lists of old Hebrew names. The first …
7/9/25
Good morning! Text: Amos 7-9; Ecclesiastes 8 For me, one of the high points of Amos is his confrontation with …
7/8/25
Good morning! Text: Amos 4-6; Ecclesiastes 7 There are so many troubling news reports today of evil on the march. …
7/7/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. I recently read a study that suggests that the area we live in …
7/6/25
Good morning! Text: Amos 1-3; Ecclesiastes 6 The prophet Amos did not come from the prophet “class”, but was a …
7/5/25
Good morning! Text: Luke 22-24; Ecclesiastes 5 On the road to Emmaus, Jesus appears to two of His followers. At …
7/4/25
Good morning! Text: Luke 19-21; Ecclesiastes 4 Each of the Gospels contain a verse that scholars point to as the …
7/3/25
Good morning! Text: Luke 16-18; Ecclesiastes 3 The demand Jesus makes of us is simple – surrender our lives to Him …
7/2/25
Good morning! Text: Luke 13-15; Ecclesiastes 2 In Luke 15 we find three parables that speak to the Lord’s heart for …
7/1/25
Good morning! Text: Luke 10-12; Ecclesiastes 1 In Luke 11, Jesus instructs regarding prayer. He speaks of a man who …
6/30/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Many of you know that I am a surfer and a blue water …
6/29/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. When John the Baptist hears of Jesus’ ministry, he sends two of his …
6/28/25
Good morning! Text: Luke 7-9; Psalm 94 In Luke 8:26-39 we learn of Jesus’ casting a “Legion” of demons from …
6/27/25
Good morning! Text: Luke 4-6; Psalm 93 In regular reading of God’s Word, verses that have touched my life before …
6/26/25
Good morning! Text: Luke 1-3; Psalm 92 As John the Baptist preaches a powerful word of to the people to …
6/25/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Kings 22-25; Psalm 91 Psalm 91 has been a source of great comfort to many who …
6/24/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Kings 19-21; Psalm 90 The Assyrians were very scary. Their empire was vast, and their army …
6/23/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Kings 15-18; Psalm 89:19-52 The Word of God can speak to us in surprising ways. In …
6/22/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Kings 12-14; Psalm 89:1-18 Several times in the Bible there are events where a person is …
6/21/25
Good morning! Text: Today is a reflection day. A beautiful couplet appears in Psalm 85:10-11. 10 Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; …
6/20/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Kings 8-11; Psalm 88 Wading through the messy business of eliminating the house of Ahab, this …
6/19/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Kings 5-7; Psalm 87 In 2 Kings 6, the Lord supernaturally enables Elisha to advise the …
6/18/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Kings 1-4; Psalm 86 In the opening chapters of 2 Kings we read of the miracle-rich …
6/16/25
Good morning! Text: Philemon; Psalm 85 Philemon is a book we seldom study. Like all Scripture, however, it is rich …
6/16/25
Good morning! Text: Jonah; Psalm 84 What glorious passages we have today! I have read and studied Jonah in depth …
6/15/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Kings 20-22; Psalm 83 King Ahab is a bad guy. Before is final battle with the …
6/14/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Enjoy! I am still thinking about Elijah. In 1 Kings 19, he collapses from spiritual …
6/13/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Kings 16-19; Psalm 82 I love the story of Elijah’s showdown on Mount Carmel with the …
6/12/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Kings 13-15; Psalm 81 In 1 Kings 13 we encounter the story of a “man of God” …
6/11/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Kings 10-12; Psalm 80 In Psalm 80, three verses say the same thing (v3, 7 and 19): …
6/10/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Kings 7-9; Psalm 79 King Solomon builds the temple in Jerusalem. In 1 Kings 8 we …
6/9/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Kings 4-7; Psalm 78:40-72 Solomon was a remarkable man and king. He inherited peace and safety …
6/8/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Kings 1-3; Psalm 78:1-39 As David’s life comes to an end, there is a struggle for …
6/7/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Yesterday we read Colossians. A verse close to my heart is 1:17. “And he …
6/6/25
Good morning! Text: Colossians; Psalm 77 Colossians is a rich yet compact treatise on our Christian life. One challenging gemstone …
6/5/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Samuel 21-24; Psalm 76. Three incidents in these closing chapters of 2 Samuel are curiously aligned. …
6/4/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Samuel 18-20; Psalm 75 Violence and sorrow fill these pages of 2 Samuel. David’s sin with …
6/3/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Samuel 14-17; Psalm 74 As Absalom pursues his rebellious course against his father, King David, he …
6/2/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Samuel 11-13; Psalm 73 Psalm 73 speaks to the struggle Asaph, the psalmist here, is having …