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bible blog 1337

This bog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: “PEACEFUL” RUSSIAN VOLUNTEERS IN UKRAINE Ruth 1:19-2:13 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) 19 So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of […]

bible blog 1336

  This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: ANTI-IMMIGRATION PARTY AHEAD IN UK ELECTION POLLS Ruth 1:1-18 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) Elimelech’s Family Goes to Moab 1 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a […]

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  This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily reading Ezekiel 18 Ezekiel 18 (New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised) 18 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’? […]

bible blog 1334

This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: WOMAN WHO CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY THREATENED WITH DEATH PENALTY IN KHARTOUM    Ezekiel 11:14-25 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) God Will Restore Israel 14 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 15 Mortal, your […]

bible bog 1333

Ezekiel 7:10-27 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) 10 See, the day! See, it comes!     Your doom[a] has gone out. The rod has blossomed, pride has budded. 11     Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness. None of them shall remain,     not their abundance, not their wealth;     no pre-eminence among them.[b] 12 The time has come, the day […]

bible blog 1332

This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news BOYS AND TOYS IN RED SQUARE PARADE Ezekiel 3:4-27 New English Translation (NET) 4 He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them. 5 For you are not being […]

bible blog 1331

This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: MUSLIM GIRLS ROUND THE WORLD CONDEMN BOKO HARAM KIDNAPPING  Ezekiel 2:2-3:3 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) 2 And when he spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and set me on my feet; and I heard […]

bible blog 1330

This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: JEWISH PILGRIMAGE TO LIBYAN SYNAGOGUE CAUSES CRISIS FOR GOVERNMENT  Ezekiel 1-2:2 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) The Vision of the Chariot 1 In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, […]

bible blog 1329

This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from  world news: VATICAN TRIES TO ESCAPE U.N. SCRUTINY ON CHILD ABUSE   Luke 11:1-13 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) The Lord’s Prayer 11 He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said […]

bible blog 1328

This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: UKIP PLAYS TO ENGLISH RACISM  Luke 9:18-27 J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) Jesus asks a question and receives Peter’s momentous answer 18 Then came this incident. While Jesus was praying by himself, having only the disciples near him, […]