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Psalm 110; Matthew 22:41–46; John 1:1–18 (read online ⧉) John calls Jesus the Word. In his phrasing, it wasn’t just any word or words. Jesus was (is) the actual physical embodiment of God’s words. It’s…strange. It’s…incomprehensible. It’s…impossible. It’s…faith. When Jesus speaks, we’re to listen. That…

Numbers 24:2–9; Matthew 6:19–24; Ephesians 1:15–20 (read online ⧉) Eyes are fascinating organs (sounds odd, doesn’t it?). Our eyes, when functioning, can see things near and far. They see colors. They can even see heat waves (under certain conditions). Other creatures have interesting eyes, too.

Acts 10:30–47; Acts 15:5–12; Galatians 2:11–16 (read online ⧉) Peter was called/sent to the first “real” Gentile converts, post-Resurrection. There is some fuzziness in this as we cannot assume that there were no other Gentile converts. The likelihood was that they, prior to Cornelius, were…

Deuteronomy 5:1–31; Matthew 26:57–62; Acts 6:8–15 (read online ⧉) Perjury is a crime. Knowingly providing false witness under oath is a criminal offense, as it should be. Knowing our system, however, perhaps the penalty is not severe enough. People speak “white lies” thinking they are…

Psalm 23; 2 Chronicles 6:28–33 (read online ⧉) Of the devotionals written so far, this the 54th one around fear. That is greater than 10%. Fear is a monster. It is a consuming monster, and the world is being consumed by it. In the great…