Susan's Pendulum

We always think of Moses as the Law-giver.  It's true.  The law did come to us from God through Moses.  But what else did Moses do? He...

"The glory of God's undying love" didn't die ... even when He did.  John 3:6  -- "That which is born of the flesh...

From Thursday's Bible class -- notes and ruminations: Genesis 45:5, 8   Joseph told his brothers, "God sent me before you" ...

After Jesus was baptized, the gospels tell us that He was "led by the Spirit into the wilderness" (Matt 4, Mark 1, Luke 4).   Di...

Story: the raising of Lazarus (John 11) Time: shortly before Holy Week Characters: Jesus and Martha Question:  I am the resurrection and ...

He has no form or comeliness. And when we see Him,  there is no beauty that we should desire Him. He is despised and rejected by men, a ...

Okay, we know that the Ten Commandments show us how we have sinned so that we know we need a Savior.  We probably also know that the Ten C...

Sometimes you notice something that sets you bouncing and squealing with delight. And then you wonder how many gazillion other subtle allu...

Jesus healed the leper and then told him not to tell anybody but to go show himself to the priest, and offer the sacrifice that the law requ...

If there is iniquity in my hands, if I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me, or have plundered my enemy without cause, let the e...

In Psalm 35, David prays for God's help when he is being attacked by his enemy. He prays, They reward me evil for good, to the sorrow o...

Sunday's [3-year] appointed Old Testament reading was from Isaiah 58: Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wic...

On the road to Emmaus, Jesus explained to the two disciples (Luke 24) how the entire Old Testament was about Him and His work. Earlier He h...