Category: Devotional Readings

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

We really don't know the answer here..Phm 1:22  But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.John Gill writes...For I trust, that through your prayers I shall be given you; to minister in the Gospel again among them: the apostle was a man of prayer… Continue reading Philemon 1:22 – Not all prayers are answered in the way we would desire….