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When Christ spoke these words to His disciples, the primary reference addressed the apostles themselves.
Psalm 38:5 speaks of wounds that stink and are corrupt because of our foolishness. What folly marks the sinner's path? Consider the cascading stupidity of sin's progression. First, *dallying* with sin—toying with temptation as though it were harmless sport. The...
The Divine response cut through panic: "Wherefore criest thou unto Me?
"Then shall ye return," the prophet declares, speaking of a conversion to full recognition of neglected duty and past transgressions.
On January 31, 1865, the United States House of Representatives voted on the Thirteenth Amendment for the second time. The measure had failed the previous...
During seasons of great scarcity, poor farmers parted with every precious measure of seed—like taking bread from their children's mouths.
Transgression may appear productive of happiness, yet the wicked possess no reasonable expectation of contentment—neither now nor in the eternal world.
Paul's in Rome stands Monte Testaccio, an artificial mound nearly one-third of a mile in circumference and one hundred fifty feet high.
In February 1869, Dmitri Mendeleev, a chemistry professor at St. Petersburg University, spread dozens of handwritten cards across his desk, one for each of the...
The Preacher calls this the Epicurean gospel, named after the Greek philosopher Epicurus, though the impulse predates him as old as human nature itself.
This passage reveals both the excellency of meekness and the mischief of passionateness.
In 1929, astronomer Edwin Hubble analyzed the light from dozens of distant galaxies using the 100-inch Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, perched above Pasadena,...
In March 1841, Dorothea Dix walked into the East Cambridge Jail to teach a Sunday school class and encountered something that changed her life. Mentally...
Isaiah's indictment of Judah's rulers cuts to the heart of institutional decay: "Thy princes are rebellious . . . every one loveth gifts." The prophetic diagnosis identifies two fatal disorders. First, *mercenary ambition* replaces duty. These magistrates pursued salaries, fees,...
It is not a momentary sentiment but the sustained interpretive principle by which Adonai's commandments achieve their ultimate purpose.
In September 1849, Harriet Tubman fled Dorchester County, Maryland, traveling nearly ninety miles on foot through swamps and forests to reach Pennsylvania. She was free...
While some interpret this through shepherds moving behind their flocks, a sharper meaning emerges: the guides were meant to be before us, yet when we decline from the right way, our backs turn toward them.
In the spring of 1877, a thirty-two-year-old Jesuit seminarian stood on the hills above the Vale of Clwyd in North Wales, watching light move across...
Years before, at Paphos, Paul had departed with Barnabas and John Mark, an unknown missionary embarking upon his calling.
The very repetition itself teaches us that our praises must be characterized by earnestness, frequency, delight, and universality.
Yet this truth becomes luminous when understood through the husbandman's labor—the farmer who scatters seed receives a multiplied harvest (2 Corinthians 9:6).
The way of genuine beneficence unfolds in three movements: first, we give bountifully, not grudgingly.
When Rabshakeh addressed Hezekiah's officials in this diplomatic tongue, his words carried the smooth insinuation of a seasoned negotiator.
First, the *duty* of gratitude—'give thanks.' This is no optional sentiment but a binding obligation upon the believer.