But take care of what you do and be on your guard. Do not forget the things your eyes have seen, nor let them slip from your heart all the days of your life; rather tell them to your children and to your children’s children. Deut. 4: 9 The poet William Wordsworth wrote that “our…[read more]
When the king began to settle, there was brought before him a man who owed ten thousand talents. Since he did not have he money to pay him back, the master ordered that he and the wife and children and all that he had be sold and he be paid back. The servant fell down,…[read more]
When those In the synagogue heard these things, they were all filled with rage. They stood up and drove Jesus out of the town. Luke 4: 28-9 The people of Nazareth are filled with rage at Jesus because they want a teacher and prophet who enhances their sense of of entitlement and exceptionalism. Jesus teaches,…[read more]
Israel loved Joseph more than all his other sons, for he was the son of his old age, and he had a coat with long sleeves made for him. But his brothers, seeing how his father loved him more than all his other sons, came to hate him so much that they could not say…[read more]
More tortuous than all else is the human heart, beyond remedy; who can understand it? I, the Lord, alone probe the mind and test the heart. To reward everyone according to his ways, according to the merit of his deeds. Jeremiah 17: 9-10 There was a certain rich man. He was clothed with purple and…[read more]
You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them and the great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you. But whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave. Likewise the Son of…[read more]
But you—do not be called “Rabbi,” for you have one teacher. All of you are brothers and sisters. Do not call yourselves “Father” on earth, for you have one heavenly Father. Do not be called “Masters,” for your own Master is the Christ. The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever will exalt himself…[read more]
By the measure you use to measure, you will be measured in return. Luke 6: 38 These days one of the most commonly diagnosed, and in all likelihood over-diagnosed, mental disorders is bi-polar disorder, a condition by which a person swings between depression on the one hand and over excitement or mania on the other. …[read more]
When the upright one renounces his integrity to commit sin and dies because of this, he dies because of the evil that he himself has committed. When the sinner renounces sin to become law-abiding and honest, he deserves to live. He has chosen to renounce all his previous sins; he shall certainly live; he shall…[read more]
God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, blessed are you. Help me, who am alone and have no help but you, for I am taking my life in my hand. As a child I used to hear from the books of my forefathers that you, O Lord, always free those who are…[read more]
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