Romans 3 – So simple it’s … simple!

Glad I took some time tonight to read this again.
I find myself meditating on the following verses in Romans 3:
19 Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses, and to show that the entire world is guilty before God. 20 For no [...]

Romans 2 – What’s on the inside?

Today’s reading got me thinking about rewards. I’ve always resisted thinking about being rewarded by God for doing good. Yet, the Bible is clear that there are rewards for those who are faithful in God’s kingdom. Conversely, there are also consequences for doing wrong. Look at the passage in Romans 2, verses 5 – 11:
5But [...]

Romans 1 – Choices We Make

As I read Romans 1 this morning, I was amazed to see the correlation of what we’re studying in Wildmen, the Wild at Heart book by John Eldredge, and the first chapter of Romans. Paul is talking about how God has revealed himself with His invisible qualities, His power and His divine nature, since creation. [...]

2 Samuel 22 – Remember that song…?

Verse 1 of this chapter says:
1 David sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
This is a bit confusing to me. Are we going back in time to when David actually sang this song? I take [...]

2 Samuel 12 – Guilty

Guilty.
David has sinned before God. This caused the commission of other sins to cover up. Now David, a man after God’s own heart, is wracked with guilt. We can see in Psalm 32:3-4 some of what he is going through:
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day [...]

2 Samuel 11 – Sin’s Consequences To Us…and Others

There are 2 things that struck me as I read this chapter today.
First was how David was not where he should have been. For some reason, he decided to play hookey that fateful day he just happened to view Bathsheba up on the roof taking a bath.
In the spring, at the time when kings [...]

2 Samuel 2 – Prayer For Every Decision

So, King Saul is dead. David can finally be annointed King as the prophet Samuel had anointed him so many years back.
But first, David sought God on where he and his family should settle:
In the course of time, David inquired of the LORD. “Shall I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” he [...]

2 Samuel 1 – God establishes rulers of nations (even ours!)

I jump back into dBrag (see http://www.dbrag.org for more info) again with a good friend, after a season of “busy-ness”, having been convinced once again of the importance of spending time each day in meditation of the Holy Bible. I am grateful for God’s Word and for good friends who care enough to help me [...]

Six Things the Lord Hates – Proverbs 6

I love watching “man on the street” type of videos. They can be very eye-opening. I wonder how people would respond to the question, “What does God hate?”
I think we’d hear things like murder, adultery, blasphemy, rape, etc. Today in Proverbs 6, we are given the list of six things God hates:
16 There are [...]

True Freedom – Proverbs 5

This morning I woke up with the word “freedom” on my mind. Perhaps it had something to do with last night’s election results, perhaps it was not. I wondered if I would find anything in today’s reading in Proverbs chapter 4.
Here is what jumped out at me today:
21 For a man’s ways are in full [...]