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RBV: Jeremiah 19:12
This RBV is from June 29, 2012. “Thus I will do to this place,” says the LORD, “and to its inhabitants, and make this city like Tophet.” —Jeremiah 19:12 This verse appears as part of what the prophet Jeremiah was to tell the Jews after he performed the sign of …
RBV: Matthew 24:12
A few years ago, I began writing short commentaries on verses randomly plucked from Scripture, thus the title of “RBV”: Random Bible Verse. I hope you can profit from these, as I post them from time to time. This one originally appeared on my previous blog on December 15, 2012. …
Related Thoughts
The NFL’s “Deflategate” has made headlines over the last few days. On the surface, it seems silly that so much attention is being given to how many pounds per square inch of air some footballs contained during last Sunday’s AFC Championship game between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis …
Jedi Versus Sith
I thought I would post this one just for fun. It’s my “review” of Star Wars: Episode III, which I saw during the late spring of 2005. Of course, I had to find some spiritual lessons in it. While on vacation in Southern California with my family, we were able to attend …
A Hectic Month … Managed
December 2014 will go down in my personal history as the most-traveled month of my life. Someday, I’ll have to add up the miles. I flew to Portland, Oregon; Port of Spain, Trinidad; and Los Angeles, California, and drove to State College, Pennsylvania, with a stop in York on the way …
A Sanitary Christmas
Here is another older essay, one that I wrote at this time of the year in 2005. We are still debating the place of religion in a secular society, and I cannot foresee it ending any time in the near future, since the two sides are about the same percentage …
Hyper December
This month will be crazy-busy for me. I am gone from home every weekend this month, having church visits to Portland, Trinidad, Harrisburg, and Southern California. I will load up on the frequent flyer miles, but I may be too exhausted by the end of all this to appreciate them.