Matthew 26:59-61 Inside, the leading priests and the entire high council were trying to find witnesses who would lie about Jesus, so they could put him to death. 60 But even though they found many who agreed to give false witness, they could not use anyone’s testimony. Finally, two men came forward 61 who declared, …
Monthly Archives: March 2026
Self-sacrificing stars
Dan 12:3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. Daniel compares believers in the end-times to stars, shining brightly in the very dark world which will then surround them. Paul and Timothy do the same in …
When love rebukes
Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me. We encounter a side of Jesus here in Matthew 23 that does not fit well into …
Adam, where are you?
Gen 3:9 Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?” As parents, we are often confronted with children who have transgressed in some way or other. And I use the word transgress deliberately, as it conveys the meaning that they knew the rules, and yet decided to disobey. Our reaction normally …
When Abraham sinned
Gen 2:20 Abraham introduced his wife, Sarah, by saying, “She is my sister.” So King Abimelech of Gerar sent for Sarah and had her brought to him at his palace. The background to this sorry state of affairs is that Abraham had just interceded for his nephew Lot and his family to be saved from …