Meditations and Reflections

Avoiding sinful acts is not enough. Obedience to Christ requires positive deeds: “Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and...

Titus 2:1-10: "[behave] that the word of God not be discredited." Augustine (1) "... our reputation among you ought not to be...

Psalm 42:1-3: "As a hart [Ed; deer] pants for flowing streams, so longs my soul for thee, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the...

Ephesians 2:10: "We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in...

Psalm 4:1 & 3: " Answer me when I call, O God of my right! Thou hast given me room when I was in distress. Be gracious to me, and...

Isaiah 43:25: "I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins." Repentance is the very...

Amos was hard on those who had resources, but used them to enjoy luxurious life styles, even to the extent of feasting on the Sabbath. ...

Basil the Great on salvaging one's life (1) Amos is probably the earliest of the Minor Prophets, writing around 750 B.C. He warns...

Exodus 21:24: "...an eye for an eye..." Augustine (1): "...by which expressions a certain measure is intended, so that the vengeance...

Isaiah 28:9-13: "Whom will He teach knowledge, and to whom will He explain the message?...by men of strange lips and with an alien...

Psalm 1:1-3: "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsels of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of...

Gen 6:14: "Make yourself an ark of gopher wood..." [Noah's ark] and Exodus 2:3: "And when she could no longer hide him [Moses],...

Not the Exodus Moses. I meant the medieval one. (1) Psalms 33:6: "By the Word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all their host by...

Philippians 3:12-14: "...Not that I have already [been bodily resurrected] or am already perfect [completed]; but I press on to make...

1 Timothy 2:1-2, 5: ".. .I urge then, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone ...

1 Timothy 1:17: "To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever." Augustine : (1) "At...

Isaiah 7:9: "If you will not believe, surely you shall not understand. " [LXX] "If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not...

Isaiah 1:15-16: "And when you lift up your hands, I will turn My eyes away from you; though you pray at length, I will not listen. ...

I Thessalonians 4:13-14: "But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as...

I Timothy 1:1: "Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Saviour and of Christ Jesus our hope, to Timothy, my true child...