My own collections of Scripture verses arranged thematically with a brief after-word of my own
“I have loved you deeply,” says the LORD. But you retort, “Really? How have you loved us?” I am not at all pleased with you, says the LORD Almighty, and I will not accept your offerings…Listen to me and take it to heart. Honour my name…it was I who sent you this warning so that […]
All ye who hear, now to His temple draw near. Join me in glad adoration! I’ve been reading through Nehemiah. Today, the wall was finished; everyone had had a part and now it was time to celebrate. Bring on the choirs! Two large choirs led a procession along the top of the wall each marching […]
Does God know joy? Can you picture it? I am reading these days the story of Jayber Crow*, a fictitious barber in small town Kentucky in the nostalgic past. He is the creation of Wendell Berry–author, nature-lover, and farmer. Berry is also a bit of a poet. I sat with my little lunch catching the […]
They all made plans to come and fight against Jerusalem and to bring about confusion there. But we prayed to our God and guarded the city day and night to protect ourselves… —For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.—We have faithfully preached the truth. God’s power has been working in us. We […]
I have been ignored as if I were dead, as if I were a broken pot.—But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.—For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ […]