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  • Mark 12

    Mark 12

    43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: 44 for all they did cast in…

  • Jeremiah 18

    Jeremiah 18

    Everyone needs a good visual illustration from time to time.  Here is a potter who takes something he made, found a blemish in it, and just decides to make into something else that’s useful. …

  • 1 Samuel 2

    29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings…

  • Matthew 21

    Jesus Enters into Jerusalem Riding on a Donkey vv.1-11 Matthew notes the significance of the donkey in the light of prophecy from Zechariah 9:9    Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; Shout, O daughter…

  • Psalm 30

    3 You brought me up from the grave, O Lord. I wonder at the many times I’ve felt the weight of my sin and contemplated how it has nearly destroyed my soul that I would…

  • Isaiah 29

    Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me…

  • Judges 2

    And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?  Wherefore I also said,…

  • Genesis 20

    2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold,…

  • Genesis 15

    As Abram reflects on the promise God gave him in chapter twelve, he cannot help but wonder how exactly does God plan to give him a son.  Sarai is already well past the age…