Friday, July 26, 2024 – Isaiah 53:5 (NLT) – Verse of the Day Reflection with Pastor Bob
Isaiah 53:5 (NLT)5 But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. The prophet Isaiah describes the Suffering Servant of the coming Messiah in chapters 52 and 53 of the Book of Isaiah. On this side of the crucifixion […]
Thursday, July 25, 2024 – Isaiah 51:22 (NLT) – Verse of the Day Reflection with Pastor Bob
Isaiah 51:22 (NLT)22 This is what the Sovereign Lord, your God and Defender, says: “See, I have taken the terrible cup from your hands. You will drink no more of my fury. Drinking from the cup of the Lord’s fury does NOT sound like fun! We see in the later chapter of the prophet of Isaiah a great […]
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 – Isaiah 40:8 (NLT) – Verse of the Day Reflection with Pastor Bob
Isaiah 40:8 (NLT)8 The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever.” Wow! Today’s readings are chock-a-block full of incredible passages. I could literally spend a month of verse of the day reflections just on Isaiah 40, but the reading continues through Isaiah 41-44:5. But let’s focus on this verse. The […]
Monday, July 22, 2024 – Isaiah 28:1 (NLT) – Verse of the Day Reflection with Pastor Bob
Isaiah 38:1 (NLT)1 About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: “This is what the Lord says: ‘Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness.’ ” When we lose someone we love to any […]
Monday, July 15, 2024 – Psalm 150:6 (NLT) – Verse of the Day Reflection with Pastor Bob
Psalm 150:6 (NLT) 6 Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord! Praise the Lord! For those of you who do not like poetry, we have come to the end of the psalms. As much as I might not like modern poetry or classical poetry, or virtually any type of poetry, I do like the psalms, and this […]
Monday, July 7, 2024 – Psalm 94:8 (NLT) – Verse of the Day Reflection with Pastor Bob
Psalm 94:8 (NLT) 8 Think again, you fools! When will you finally catch on? What does it look like when we are rebuked for our sinfulness? To what degree should we expect God in Christ to be gentle in disciplining us, His beloved children? I suspect that God is clear in His rebuke, to ensure that we […]
Monday, July 1, 2024 – 2 Chronicles 31:1 (NLT) – Verse of the Day Reflection with Pastor Bob
2 Chronicles 31:1 (NLT)1 When the festival ended, the Israelites who attended went to all the towns of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, and they smashed all the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and removed the pagan shrines and altars. After this, the Israelites returned to their own towns and homes. Under King Hekiziah, the […]
Friday, June 28, 2024 – 2 Kings 17:7 (NLT) – Verse of the Day Reflection with Pastor Bob
2 Kings 17:7 (NLT)7 This disaster came upon the people of Israel because they worshiped other gods. They sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them safely out of Egypt and had rescued them from the power of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Oops! The people of Israel finally got what was coming to them. All that […]
Thursday, June 27, 2024 – Hosea 11:1 (NLT) – Verse of the Day Reflection with Pastor Bob
Hosea 11:1 (NLT)1 “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt. The prophet Hosea is like all the prophets: they want us repent, because God wants us to repent, so they tell us how much God loves us, only to also recognize that we will dig the hole deeper […]
PASTOR’S PEN FOR JULY 2024
I LOVE history, like others love to fish, hunt, polish cars, watch football, or any other sport. I love obscure history, political history, religious history, and a great deal of other aspects of historical knowledge, but if someone asked me about notable events in history, I would ask them to be more specific. If they said, for […]
