Category: Devotional Readings

I have a picture of our guide Ze've showing us a carob seed used as a unit of weight. We derive our word carat from this, though that is a later development.Deu 25:13  Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.Deu 25:14  Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures,… Continue reading Deuteronomy 25:13 – A Perfect and Just Weight

It seems strange that these verses are here in the text, would we feel more comfortable with just waiting for a future resurrection?Remember Jesus had already called Lazarus from the grave.Paul will later write....this come the cornerstone of the gospel.1Co 15:1  Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also… Continue reading Matthew 27 – Reflections on Raising the Dead…

James the half brother of Jesus (see footnote), picks up on the theme in the last post with emphasis on the latter two categories - Widows and Orphans.Audio link: https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/mclean/kjv/Jas.1He also offers good advice leading to our own humbleness, though he never uses that word.The underlines are mine, and not in the original text, but I… Continue reading James 1 – Continues on this Theme

God makes special provision for this group of his image bearers...Deu 24:17  Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:Deu 24:18  But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this… Continue reading Deuteronomy 24:18-22 – The Stranger, The Fatherless, and The Widow