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- 257) Col 4:6 . . Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt. Grace can be defined as kind, courteous, inclined to good will, generous, charitable, altruistic, compassionate, sympathetic, thoughtful, cordial, affable, genial, sociable, cheerful, warm, sensitive...

- Genesis 15:11-14 ● Gen 15:11 . . Birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. The only responsibility that Abram had in this ritual was to set it up. So it was his job to protect the carcasses from damage and keep the scene clear of interference from people and...

- 255) Col 4:3-4 . . And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. Proclaiming the mystery of Christ clearly as one should means to avoid sophisticated...

- Genesis 15:7-10 ● Gen 15:7a . .Then He said to him: I am The Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans God here identifies Himself as Yhvh. That may seem unimportant but there are those who claim Abram was unaware of that name because of Ex 6:3. But it just goes to show you that...

- Genesis 15:1-6 ● Gen 15:1a . . Some time later, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision. This is the very first record of a vision in the Bible. The Hebrew word is machazeh (makh-az-eh') and it appears in only four places in the entire Old Testament; which is pretty amazing...

- 252) Col 3:22-25 . . Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for The Lord. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for The Lord, not for men Some...

- 249) Col 3:19 . . Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. That command pertains only to Christian husbands, not to just any husband who happens to be looking in. A study posted in the Science section of the August 26, 2014 edition of the New York Times found that couples who...

- Genesis 14:19-24 ● Gen 14:19-20a . . He blessed him, saying: Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your foes into your hand. At this point in time, Abram's relationship with God was very satisfactory. 'Elyown had...

- Genesis 14:18 ● Gen 14:18a . . And King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine; Melchizedek's name is Malkiy-Tsedeq (mal-kee-tseh'-dek) which means: king of right or possibly just simply righteous king; in contrast to the wickedness which was the stock in trade of Bera, king of...

- Genesis 14:15b-17 ● Gen 14:15b . . and he pursued them as far as Hobah, Unfortunately this is the only place in the entire Old Testament where Hobah is mentioned; and archaeologists have had no luck so far in discovering its exact location. ● Gen 14:15c . .which is north of Damascus. Many...

- Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 ● Ecc 12:13a . .The sum of the matter, when all is said and done: Solomon has discussed how life is out of balance; viz: its unjust and unfair; cruel and punctuated with misery-- youth is only temporary, happiness is fragile, and joy is fleeting. Life traps us in...

- Genesis 14:13-15a ● Gen 14:13a . . A refugee brought the news to Abram It was a trek from Sodom to Abram's camp. He was way up in Mamre; and a goodly portion of it uphill-- very uphill. At any rate, news of Sodom's overthrow meant that Lot was captured; or maybe even dead. One way or the...

- Ecclesiastes 12:9-12 ● Ecc 12:9-10 . . A further word: Because Koheleth was a sage, he continued to instruct the people. He listened to and tested the soundness of many maxims. Koheleth sought to discover useful sayings and recorded genuinely truthful sayings. Solomon's argument smacks of...

- 243) Col 3:13-14 . . Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as The Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. One of The Lord's constant rubs with his religious opponents was...

- 238) Col 3:1-2 . . Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. Note the grammatical tense...

- Genesis 14:4b-12 ● Gen 14:4b . . and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. El Ched wouldn't get wind of that right away of course. There was no email, no radio, no sat-com, no land line, no snail mail, no cells, nor television, nor telegraph, nor aircraft, nor motorized conveyances in that...

- Ecclesiastes 12:5c-8 ● Ecc 12:5c . . For the almond tree may blossom, the grasshopper be [gravid], and the caper bush may bud again; but man sets out for his eternal abode, with mourners all around in the street. Nature isn't dismayed by the passing of a human being. Flowers continue to...

- Genesis 14:4a ● Gen 14:4a . .Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, Apparently El Ched was the instigator behind the extortion scheme holding Sodom and its neighbors economically hostage. The other kings who came along with him to Canaan were just reinforcements to back his play. You have to...

- Ecclesiastes 12:3d-5b ● Ecc 12:3d . . And the ladies that peer through the windows grow dim, In some communities; women often wave to each other out their kitchen windows and share gossip, and chat. Well, the aged women can't see well enough to recognize their neighbors anymore and so their...

- 234) Col 2:8 . . See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. What he's talking about there are humanistic versions of Christianity; especially those built upon...