Strangers in the World – 1 Pet 1:1

Strangers in the World – 1 Pet 1:1

Almost every country has a slang word for a foreigner.  In Thailand it is “farong,” in Brazil it is “estrangeiro,” in Spanish it is “gringo.”  A stranger is one who is on the outside, who speaks a different language and who has...
All That Is not Given

All That Is not Given

Perhaps this is an aside, or maybe even the fruit of reflecting on the first several verses of James 5, but yesterday on the radio I heard a guy talking about how we should live our lives.  He was saying that at the end of our lives, we should have a peace that we did...

20-30-10 Review

The 20 days of consecutive reciting of each chapter is perfect, but I think the 30 days off is too many.  Going to rethink how this is all structured.  I think I’ll try 20-15-10–Twenty days of reciting a chapter, 15 days off, then 10 days of...
Psalm Titles and Instrumentation

Psalm Titles and Instrumentation

I really have never given much thought to the titles of Psalms.  They seem to all say very near the same thing–“A Psalm of David.”  Occasionally we will get a little gem that gives us the context such as “when he fled from his son...
Psalm 4:  A Psalm that could only be from the mouth of a king.

Psalm 4: A Psalm that could only be from the mouth of a king.

I have to confess, at first I really didn’t like this psalm too much.   It was a bit too random of thoughts for me.  So I prayed and asked God to show me more about this Psalm, and as always, He is faithful.  It was then that I began to be excited.  It really is...

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