Why have we fasted?
"'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and you have not seen it'"(Isaiah 58:3). These are the words of the community that bears God's name....
Do not muzzle an ox
“Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the corn.” (Deuteronomy 25:4) This pithy little command is set within other instructions...
“Oh . . . . that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut me off! Then I woul
When I was just a boy, my leg was run over by a horse-drawn wagon. Nothing was broken, and I soon got over it. But at the time, the...
"Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up" (1 Corinthians 8:1).
It is a mistake if devout folk suppose their connection to God obtains by means of things they know; the quality of their religious...
“Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.” (Job 5:2).
Proverbs are the considered reflections of individuals who have been around for a while and know a thing or two about how things go in...
" . . . Let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lo
Kindness, justice, righteousness are joyously present in the heart of God. Here stated, then, are the chief concerns of a consecrated...
" . . . If you can find one person who deals honestly and seeks the truth, I will forgive this
Why should I maintain my integrity while everyone else takes short-cuts? Because the righteousness of one cannot be separated from the...
Clearly, this is not an exhortation to lovelessness per se. We are not asked to turn a cold shoulder
The deep evil of which humans are more than capable, lies in this: Not content with open rebellion against their maker, they engage in...
“But the earlier governors . . .placed a heavy burden on the people and took forty shekels from them
So says Nehemiah as he reflects on his days overseeing the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s fallen walls. He was in a position to ‘fare...
"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously wi
This is not a maxim which should be used say, by an investor in the stock market, as an insurance to guarantee profits. It is not a...
