Nov 9, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in the year 66 A.D. that Jewish insurgents returned from a victory over Roman forces under their commander, Cestius. It would be one of the last victories for these Jewish combatants. In a few years, Jerusalem and its Temple would lay in ruins and...
Nov 9, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot. The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a good inheritance. (Psalm 16:5-6) In the secular world, inheritances are distributed to the beneficiaries according to the...
Nov 8, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Not too many years ago, a gentleman who was studying the Holocaust and the events that led up to it, including the mindset of the people during that time, concluded that study asking the question: “How is it that so many otherwise intelligent people could so blindly...
Nov 8, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust. O my soul, you have said to the Lord, “You are my Lord, my goodness is nothing apart from You.” (Psalm 16:1-2) In the previous devotion we discussed how, apart from God, our talents and positive attributes are unable to...
Nov 7, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
From time to time in life, it’s common for people to come to a place of reflection – looking back on our life and remembering, even analyzing, some of the things we’ve experienced through the years. We think upon things we’ve done, things we shouldn’t have done...
Nov 7, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust. O my soul, you have said to the Lord, “You are my Lord, my goodness is nothing apart from You.” (Psalm 16:1-2) In most Bibles there is a heading above many of the psalms, this being one of them. This psalm is A Michtam of...
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