Category: Devotional Readings

I was reading Ezra 2 this morning...keeping busy highlighting the names, looking for some useful point, found in verse 24 the smallest family, and in verse 64 the total.I thought of adding the numbers up, to check the totals like a good CPA, but deferred to goggle search.Found this article..not sure of the writer's background… Continue reading Ezra 2 – 42,360

Highlights added, but this chapter has good advice to heed in today's church.I'm learning just how critical it is to read God's word verse by verse, and to exhort our pastors to preach this way....to have the correct balance in doctrine, so that all that is useful is not left out, nor added to, and… Continue reading Importance of reading, exhortation and doctrine

This short close to Hebrews chapter 12 gives us a perspective and view of our purpose.Heb 12:28    Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:Heb 12:29    For our God is a consuming fire.This consuming fire is what results in our being… Continue reading Purpose and Perspective

Sitting up in Big Sky Montana enjoying the snow, I came across this interesting post.Perhaps like me you have never looked closely at these verses.I've added Old John Gill's commentary for the 17th century perspective.I love his point here..."so snow filling upon the earth covers it and keeps it warm, and secures the wheat and… Continue reading Snow..in the Bible?