Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear Him. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So He told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, Read more…
Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but it is not enlightened. For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did Read more…
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” Psalm 53:1 Every human being at some point in life confronts the question “Is God real?” That moment might come on a person’s death bed, when they wonder, very late in the game, “what happens next?” There are plenty of Read more…
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26 I’m not planning on writing on all 150 Psalms, as many of them have similar themes. As I was reading the Psalms, I came upon Psalm 73, which has as Read more…
I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. Psalm 52:8 The word “justice” seems to come up more and more these days, especially when it comes to the things we are told to do or not do. Is it “just” to require people to wear masks? Is there Read more…
He who brings thanksgiving as his sacrifice honors Me; to him who order his way aright I will show the salvation of God! Psalm 50:23 What am I going to do today? There are lots of us who are asking this question, and for a number of reasons. Some of us Read more…
Do not forsake me, O Lord! O my God do not be far from me! Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! Psalm 38:21-22 There are a group of six Psalms that are read at every Orthros (Matins) service in the Orthodox Church. The second of the six Read more…
As He entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to Him, beseeching Him and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in terrible distress.” And He said to him, “I will come and heal him.” But the centurion answered Him, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come Read more…
Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared, the outer one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Read more…
For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophecy is imperfect; but when the perfect comes, the imperfect will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I gave up childish ways. Read more…
When He saw the crowds, He had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. And He called to Him His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. The names Read more…
For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are Read more…