The Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25 describes two highly productive servants and one wicked, unproductive servant. The term 'talent' has generalized (metaphorically) from a weight of precious metal to the abilities, gifts, and …
About forty years before Israel entered the Promised Land, God foretold what would happen when the people turned from His commandments and way of life. Seven hundred years later, this prophecy, found in Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28, …
Cable television's VH1 published the results of its survey of the "100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years," hailing Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as its number one. Though my personal tastes run more toward classical, Celtic, and …
(1) Now when the people complained, it displeased the LORD; for the LORD heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the fire of the LORD burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp. (2) Then the people cried out to Moses, and when Moses prayed to the LORD, the fire was quenched. (3) So he called the name of the place Taberah, because the fire of the LORD had burned among them. (4) Now the mixed multitude who were among them yielded to intense craving; so the children of Israel also wept again and said: "Who will give us meat to eat? (5) We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic; (6) but now our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes!"
When we start complaining about our plight, it is usually because our focus has shifted off the Lord, who is leading us, and onto our problems, the details of life. It usually involves something we think we ought to have but do not, so …
Luke 11:27-28 contain a short exchange between Jesus and one of His followers on the subject of His mother, Mary: And it happened, as [Jesus] spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!” But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” Many in this world venerate the mother of Jesus. Sadly, without biblical authority, Roman Catholicism has elevated her to a lofty position, and many Marianists consider her a Co-Redemptrix with Christ (but …
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