Category: Bible & Faith

The next set of verses (202 to be exact, according to Blue Letter Bible) all relate to peace offerings. Friends, I had no idea how often this phrase was repeated. Let’s start with the definition. Peace/Fellowship Offerings: (Heb. shelamim), detailed regulations regarding given in Lev. 3; 7:11-21, 29-34. They were of three kinds, (1) eucharistic…

So, my home holds six adults, one dog, and one leopard gecko. Where I sit right now, I can take in the contents of the kitchen, dining room, living room and the stairs down to the basement. I see all our stuff stuck in place, on tables, counters, etc. I come here and some mornings,…

This word. I’ve decided, I need to understand more about this word and trace it through the word of God. So, first, the definition from Strong’s concordance: shâlôwm, shaw-lome’; or שָׁלֹם shâlôm; from H7999; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace:—× do, familiar, × fare, favour, friend, × great,…

I am continuing to trace birds through the Bible and I’m in Matthew today. ““Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves. Because people will hand you over to sanhedrins and flog you in their synagogues, beware of them. You will even be…

https://youtube.com/watch?v=x9rAdFNRNJs&feature=share I’m still on birds today. Lol. As I began tracing the word bird in the word of God, of course, in the Pentateuch (first five books of the Bible), most mentions are of sacrifice, delineation of suitable ones to eat, etc. However, as we move out of these foundational books, we begin to see…

They hurried off and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in a manger. After seeing them, they reported the message they were told about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary was treasuring all these things in her heart…

Every weekday morning I can be found on a zoom call with women from around the country. We gather to pray, to read the word of God and share what we are learning. We come from different denominations, or as my friend Nic puts it, different streams but same source of Living Water. Yesterday, as…

In Matthew 14, so much is happening. Jesus withdraws. He withdraws after the pain of losing his cousin, John. He withdraws after service and ministry. He doesn’t hide. He doesn’t just stalk away. You know it and so do I, he withdraws to pray. My example is He. These stories clumped together tell me, it’s…

At the beginning of the year I began reading the Bible chronologically. I have meandered through the life of David, dreading this moment in 2 Samuel. Starting in chapter 13, his family begins to rip apart. I could be wrong here, test me and do the dive yourself, but as Ammon pulls the thread, I…