Category: Bible Commentary

Divine Refrigerator Rights

BFB211023 Child and RefrigeratorCasual relationships with people leave us unsatisfied because they have neither depth nor the capability of enduring hardship. What does that say about a casual relationship with our Creator?

Genesis 18:1-22:24; 2 Kings 4:1-37; Ezekiel 16:48-50; Luke 17:7-10; John 15:12-17

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Music: “Prayer for a Friend,” Mark Hall, Casting Crowns, The Altar and the Door, Reunion 2007.

A Name and A Destiny

Faed, Thomas, 1825/1826-1900; The Last of the Clan
The Last of the Clan, Thomas Faed, 1865. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow. (Photo: Glasgow Museums) 

Identity may be the most important aspect of our humanity, both as individuals and as people. That must be why our adversary takes so much effort to rob us of our identity. However, even if we don’t know who we are, our Redeeming God makes a way for us to know who we can become.

Genesis 12:1-17:27; Isaiah 40:27-41:16; Matthew 3:7-9; John 8:39; Romans 4:3; Galatians 3:6; James 2:22-24

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Music: “How Deep the Father’s Love,” Celtic Worship, Morningtide, Integrity Music 2021.

Trapped in Time

BFB211009 TimeIs time an enemy, a friend, or a measure by which we gauge the value of our lives? If there is no eternity to consider, then the answer can be very depressing.

Ecclesiastes 9:10-12; Luke 12:18-21; Philippians 3:7-16

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Music: “Time,” Hootie and the Blowfish, Cracked Rear View, Atlantic Records 1994.

I Have A Friend

BFB211002 Munch - Melancholy
“Melancholy,” Edvard Munch, 1892. (National Museum of Norway, Oslo.)

Which is better: to see a person healed, or to help them bear up under constant suffering when the healing doesn’t come?

Job 31:1-40; Ezekiel 4:16; Matthew 9:20-22; John 5:2-9, 9:1-3, 17:15

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Music: “Stand By Me,” Ben E. King and The Drifters, Stand By Me, ATCO Records 1961.

Worthless Things, or Abundant Mercy?

BFB210918 Van de Velde - Jonah Under the Miracle Plant
“Jonah Under the Miracle Plant,” Jan van de Velde II, 1603-1641, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

We might smile at Jonah’s predicament in the great fish, but is there a lesson in that bigger-than-life tale that we might have overlooked?

2 Kings 9:1-10, 14:23-27; Ezekiel 14:1-5; Hosea 11:1-7; Jonah 2:2-10, 4:1-10; Romans 11:20-24

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Music: “Jonah,” Zion Harmonizers, Thank You Lord, Sound of New Orleans 1996.