Monthly Archives: December 2013
bible blog 1231
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings Revelation 12:1-10 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) The Woman and the Dragon 12 A great portent appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 She was pregnant and […]
bible blog 1230
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news Jose Mujica, President of Uruguay plans to “adopt” poor children when he retires Matthew 24:32-44 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) The Lesson of the Fig Tree 32 ‘From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: “UKRAINE IN EUROPE” DEMO SHOWS STRENGTH Matthew 24:15-31 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) The Desolating Sacrilege 15 ‘So when you see the desolating sacrilege standing in the holy place, as was spoken of by the prophet Daniel […]
bible blog 1219
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: PUTIN SAYS RUSSIAN POWER IS POLITICAL-AND MORAL! Haggai 2:1-9 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) The Future Glory of the Temple 2 In the second year of King Darius, 1 in the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of […]
bible blog 1218
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: SCOTTISH FAMILIES HOMELESS THIS CHRISTMAS Haggai 1:1-15 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) The Command to Rebuild the Temple 1 In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, […]
bible blog 1217
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: SUPER-ROACH IN NEW YORK CAN SURVIVE INTENSE COLD Revelation 1:17-2:7 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he placed his right hand on me, […]
bible blog 1216
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CRITICISES UK/USA SPYING AMOS 7: 10-19 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel, sent a message to Jero- boam, king of Israel, saying, Amos is conspiring against you, in the very heart of Israel. The […]
bible blog 1215
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: BEDOUIN OF ISRAEL FIGHT FOR THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS Amos 7:1-9 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) Locusts, Fire, and a Plumb-Line 7 This is what the Lord God showed me: he was forming locusts at the time the […]
bible blog 1213
Honour to Mandela Matthew 22:1-14 New English Translation (NET) The Parable of the Wedding Banquet 22 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, […]
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