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Thought from today’s Bible reading from Leviticus 22-23. In Leviticus 22, instructions were given regarding who could and could not eat of the gifts that were offered to the Lord. One of these rules affected the daughters of the priests: “If a priest’s daughter is married to a layman, she shall not eat of the [...]
Thought from today’s Bible reading from Leviticus 19-21. Sadly, helping the poor is a contentious issue in our society. It is not so much that people do not want to help the poor – most good, moral people want help to be provided. The issue is over how to best help the poor and whether this [...]
Thought from today’s Bible reading from Exodus 33-35. Though the Sabbath law had already been given to the Israelites, the Lord provides further instructions regarding the application of the command: “You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest” (Exodus 34:21). From [...]
Thought from today’s Bible reading from Exodus 4-6. There are many people today who cannot seem to take time away from their busy schedules to worship God or assemble with the saints. If there is work to be done, that takes priority in the minds of many. Pharaoh exhibited a similar attitude when he was [...]
Not long after being converted out of Methodism, the young Benjamin Franklin began preaching, taking advantage of every opportunity he could find. “And, as already mentioned in the preceding chapter, he at once began to preach, and he never stopped for anything but serious sickness of himself or family. At first it was only an [...]
Thought from today’s Bible reading from Genesis 1-3. “God saw that it was good” (Genesis 1:10). Six times, the record of Creation tells us that God saw His work as good. These came after God created or ordered something – the creation of light (v. 3-4), separation of the dry land from the seas (v. [...]