Jun 14, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
And it shall be, on the day when you cross over the Jordan to the land which the Lord your God is giving you, that you shall set up for yourselves large stones, and whitewash them with lime. You shall write on them all the words of this law. (Deuteronomy 27:2-3) From...
Jun 13, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
According to tradition, it was on this day that Moses received the first tablets of the law, written by the fiery finger of God, as in the book of Exodus: “And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the...
Jun 13, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
The Lord has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He promised you, that you should keep all His commandments, and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to...
Jun 12, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Today is the day that our Jewish friends celebrate the festival known, in Hebrew, as Shavuot, or the Feast of Weeks. Most people in the western world refer to it as Pentecost because, in Greek, it is known as Pentecostus or “fiftieth” referring to the fiftieth day...
Jun 12, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
So you shall rejoice in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and your house, you and the Levite and the stranger who is among you. (Deuteronomy 26:11) Have you ever wondered why Paul felt it necessary to say that God loves a “cheerful giver”? It...
Jun 11, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
According to tradition, it was on this day that Reuben brought mandrakes to his mother, Leah. It’s recorded in Genesis 30: “Now Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then...
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