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  • Jeremiah 17

    Verse 1-2 It isn’t hard to imagine the permanent damage of an iron chisel or what a pen of a diamond point can do.  You do not simply take a piece of cloth and…

  • Judges 17

    Chapter 17 begins a new episode surrounding  the actions of Micah who is the only person named in the passage.  The start of Micah’s episode looks promising in light of his honesty for stealing…

  • Isaiah 40

      “Comfort ye”(v1).  There could be no comfort if God was not sovereign in all power and ability.  Yet, there would be no comfort if an all-sovereign God had no intention of blessing people.…

  • Psalm 4

    Psalm 4 is a song and a prayer though I have little knowledge of how this song would have been sung. I can point out that both Christ and David would be suitable speakers…

  • Joshua 8

    Joshua 8 In Chapter 8 God encourages Joshua again (8:1). He needs to learn from his mistakes and continue on, as a any leader should. Sin does the hindering, but God does the forgiving…

  • Joshua 7

    Joshua 7 As I mentioned in chapter 6, God is the God of exceptions.  Here in chapter seven we see Achan as an exception but in opposition to Rahab.  Rahab was initially not apart…

  • Matthew 2

    Chapter 2 begins showing the responses of people towards Jesus, though yet He is still a child, the responses of people toward His identity is quite polar. Considering the claims by Matthew of who…

  • Isaiah 3

    The judgement pronounced in the third chapter is because the Lord is angry for their infidelity, they have trusted in what men can do rather than what the Lord has already said He’ll do.…

  • Isaiah 2

    This desolation was not the end of Jerusalem however.  Isaiah saw a future Jerusalem that was the established capitol city of the world that all nations would do obeisance (2:2) In this future age…