Archive for January, 2006
Acts chapter 6 opens with a group of people complaining that the church was neglecting its duties. Imagine! I’m glad churches aren’t like that today.
A group of Greek-speaking Jews were upset because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. From the NET Bible Notes:
“The Greek-speaking Jews were the Hellenists, Jews [...]
Regulations for the Sabbatical Year
25:1 The Lord spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai: 25:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land must observe a Sabbath to the Lord. 25:3 Six years you may sow your field, and six years you may prune your [...]
DISCLAIMER: I woke up Sunday morning with a horrible pain in my neck. I am currently on a strong dose of prescription pain relievers and muscle relaxants. Any thinkg that makes sense in the following post chalk up to the Holy Spirit. Anything that does not make sense chalk up to [...]
23:9 The Lord spoke to Moses: 23:10 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land that I am about to give to you and you gather in its harvest, then you must bring the sheaf of the first portion of your harvest to the priest, 23:11 and he must wave the [...]
It didn’t take long before the religious leaders had the same problem with Jesus’ followers that they had encountered with Him. They thought they had dealt with ‘the problem’ but it resurfaced in another form; I bet they wondered what it would take to get rid of this Jesus! If so, they were right to be concerned. The [...]
Leaving the Gleanings
19:9 “‘When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest. 19:10 You must not pick your vineyard bare, and you must not gather up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You must [...]
17:1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 17:2 “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, and tell them: ‘This is the word that the Lord has commanded: 17:3 “Blood guilt will be accounted to any man from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat inside the camp [...]
*NOTE* Sorry everyone, I did this on AOL and had pressed it to publish tomorrow but somehow it published today and erased everything! I tried to delete it and republish but it didn’t let me. Then I added to the post in Internet Explorer (because it had all been erased except the title) but it [...]
Tonight I think instead of the usual recap of the daily reading, I’ll focus in on just one passage… the one I believe the holy spirit highlighted for me. It is the passage of Acts 2:42-47, which is the response to Peter’s statements on the day of Pentecost by the thousands in the crowd. It [...]
13:45 “As for the diseased person who has the infection, his clothes must be torn, the hair of his head must be unbound, he must cover his mustache, and he must call out ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 13:46 The whole time he has the infection he will be continually unclean. He must live in isolation, and his [...]
