1 Kings 21:3-4 (There was never a man like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD, urged on by Jezebel his wife.  He behaved in […]

The Australian Magazine of 9-10 October 2021 had a fierce anti-Church story cleverly entitled The First Stone.  It had everything – good writing, beautiful photographs, human drama, emotion, an evil bishop and the […]

Psalm 104:5-9  He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.  You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.  But […]

Ezekiel 17:24 All the trees of the field will know that I the LORD bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall.  I dry up the green tree […]

Colossians 3:1-3 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.  Set your minds on things […]

1 Kings 15:28-29, 34  Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of Asa king of Judah and succeeded him as king.  As soon as he began to reign, he killed Jeroboam’s […]

Psalm 97:11-12  Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart.  Rejoice in the LORD, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name. As we reflect […]

Ezekiel 41:22 There was a wooden altar three cubits high and two cubits square; its corners, its base and its sides were of wood.  The man said to me, “This is […]

Philippians 1:27-29 Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.  Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will […]

Psalm 89:49-52  O Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?  Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart […]

2 Corinthians 5:4-8  For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so […]

2 Samuel 11:4  Then David sent messengers to get [Bathsheba].  She came to him, and he slept with her.  (She had purified herself from her uncleanness.)  Then she went back home. The […]

Ezekiel 16:1-4   The word of the LORD came to me:  “Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable practices  and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Jerusalem: Your ancestry and birth […]

1 Corinthians 15:22, 45-49 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. … … So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; […]

2 Samuel 3:1,  36-37  The war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time. David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker […]