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“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” (NRSV Matthew 5:9) “You’re blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That’s when you discover who you really are, and your place in God’s family.” (The Message Matthew 5:9) There is a slight pause in the …
“Jesus wept.” (RSV and KJV John 11:35)“Now Jesus wept.” (THE MESSAGE John 11:35)“Jesus began to weep.” (NRSV John 11:35) This verse is often remembered as the shortest verse in the Bible. Short, but not necessarily sweet, a depth of meaning begs us to listen whole heartedly. The emotions of compassion and grief are not …
“I hear and I tremble within; my lips quiver at the sound. Rottenness enters into my bones and my steps tremble beneath me. I wait quietly for the day of calamity to come upon the people who attack us”. (NRSV Habakkuk 3:16) To those who say the Bible doesn’t really have any significance today, I …
“But He (God) gives all the more grace; therefore it says, “God opposed the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and He (God) will draw near to you.” (NRSV James 4:6-8) My 23 and Me DNA …
“God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.” (NRSV 1 John:16b) God’s love is the total package. The Bible says that God is love. However, God’s love includes God’s wrath, holiness, grace, forgiveness, wisdom, and sovereignty (read rule or kingdom). Psychologists know that love is …
“When Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.” (NRSV John 6:15) In John’s gospel, this passage is a bridge between the stories of Jesus feeding the 5 thousand and Jesus walking on water. It’s a throw-away-passage, …
“Be strong and bold; have no fear or dread of them, because it is the Lord your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you.” (NRSV Deut. 31:6) 16 Blogs in my first year! When I went live on Jan 6, 2021 I could not have picked a worse day …
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“These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another, render in your gates judgements that are true and make for peace, do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for these are things I hate, says the Lord.” …
As he came nearer and saw the city (Jerusalem), he wept over it, saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! (NRSV Luke 19:41) But strive first for the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as …
“For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” (Ephesians 6:12 NRSV) After the recent power outages, I had been off the computer for some time to conserve …