Judges 16:22  But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved. If there is any benefit to be gained from reading through this distressing chapter […]

Mark 12:26-27 Now about the dead rising – have you not read in the book of Moses, in the account of the bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the […]

Jeremiah 25:8-9, 11-12 Therefore the LORD Almighty says this: “Because you have not listened to my words, I will summon all the peoples of the north and my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of […]

Acts 15:1-2 Some men came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the brothers: “Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.”  This […]

Mark 8:23-25 [Jesus] took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village.  When he had spat on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus […]

This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Listen! I am going to bring this city and the villages around it every disaster I pronounced against them, […]

[Jesus] also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.  Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed […]

“On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. Godly men buried Stephen and mourned […]

Judges 3:5-8a The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.  They took their daughters in marriage and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their […]

Jeremiah 15:16 When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, O LORD God Almighty. Poor Jeremiah found himself in a […]

Jeremiah 9:7 Therefore this is what the LORD Almighty says: “See, I will refine and test them, for what else can I do because of the sin of my people?” As we […]

 Praise the LORD.  Praise the LORD from the heavens, praise him in the heights above.  Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his heavenly hosts.  Praise him, sun and moon, […]

 [Jesus, the Christ (Messiah)] must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.  For Moses said, “The […]

 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.  Who then is the faithful and wise servant, […]

My soul faints with longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word.  My eyes fail, looking for your promise; I say, “When will you comfort […]