Meditations and Reflections

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...

I Thessalonians 5:23: "May the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and...

I Thessalonians 5:14: "...we exhort you, brethren, admonish the idlers, encourage the faint hearted, help the weak, be patient with...

Matthew 20: 21 "Command that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left, in your kingdom."...

Matthew 20:11 "And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder, saying, "These last worked only one hour, and you have made them...

You mean, I have to let you change who I am? But I wanna be ME... Matthew 19: 20 "The young man said to him, 'All these I have...

Matthew 18:21-35 [Peter asks] "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" [Jesus...

Matthew 18:15-17 "If a brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone..." Sometimes we are so used to...

Matthew 18:10-12 "Do not despise one of these little ones ... does he not leave the ninety-nine? ... He rejoices over it more ..."...

Matthew 18:7, 9 "...woe to the man by whom temptation comes! ... And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out an throw it away; it...