Kevin Williamson

unclean animal?

Judges 14:9 Wouldn't touching a dead carcass have made Samson unclean? There are so many other things where he messed up but I never thought of this one before. Puzzling to me why the Lord continued…

relationship versus duty

This illustrates the difference between a walk of faith with the person of Jesus and a legalistic works righteousness. When we live right and make right moral choices because we love Jesus, there is a…

Colossians 1:11 (MSG)

Other boats?

I never noticed before that there were other boats following them. What happened to those boats? Did they see the miracle of the calming of the storm? Were they saved also? Or had they given up and headed…

Mark 4:36 (ASV)

Patience

Most of us in the United States are not particularly patient. Sadly I am no exception. To pray for years about something is hard to do. I have been praying for my father's salvation for 30+ years. He…

2 Thessalonians 3:5 (ASV)

Seen with our eyes

I guess this is one of the problems that I have is that I haven't seen with my own eyes. At least not in the flesh. It isn't that the Lord has never spoken to me, but I have to be honest and say that…

1 John 1:1 (ASV)

Which am I?

I am wondering whether I would be a Joshua in this situation or one of the other 11 spies. I fear I know the answer and I am not proud of it. It is so easy in daily situations to see only what things…

Joshua 14:8 (MSG)

Ridiculous

God asked Joseph to do something unreasonable and ridiculous really. Who in his right mind would marry someone pregnant with a child not your own and take the heat for it? Even worse this crazy talk story…

Matthew 1:24 (ASV)

Sassing

They take sassing pretty seriously here. Not sure how to fit that in to how our culture operates. We would think it terrible to execute even the most horrible of sons.

Deuteronomy 21:11 (ASV), Deuteronomy 21:13 (ASV), Deuteronomy 21:14 (ASV), Deuteronomy 21:21 (ASV)

Not with our fathers but with us

God's covenant always has to be a primary source, not a secondary association. You don't enter a promised land, slay giants, suffer for the faith, or perservere in obedience on the basis of what God did…

Deuteronomy 5:3 (ASV)

Truth

This passage always has bothered me. It seems like Jesus lied to his brothers. I keep telling myself that he changed his mind, but then, since Jesus knew everything, why would he need to change his mind?

John 7:8 (ASV)

If anyone knows Jesus does!

If there was anyone in Jerusalem that DID know all that things that had happened it was Jesus, yet Cleopas asks "are you the only visitor . . . who doesn't know . . .?" How very like us. So often if the…

Luke 24:18 (ASV)

I am your portion

Aaron and the Levites had no land of their own. God says here to Aaron "I will be your portion and your inheritance." Is that my spirit and desire? Or am I so busy accumulating material goods (or in the…

Numbers 18:20 (ASV)

standing between

May I prayerfully stand between those I love and my neighbors who are unsaved. May I intervene in the lostness. Lord may I do much better.

Numbers 16:48 (ASV)

180 degrees off

It is incredible to me that these insurrectionists described Egypt as a land of milk and honey. The very term God used for the promised land they used to describe the place of their bondage and slavery.…

Numbers 16:13 (ASV)

Gravy

Does this mean they made gravy with the pot roast? : )

Numbers 15:9 (ASV)

He heard the voice speaking

Wow. Every time Moses went into the tent of meeting he heard the voice of the Lord. Every time. Every single time. That is an enviable record to say the least. How often is it that way for me when I go…

Numbers 7:89 (ASV)

Adult child parenting

This doesn't say to just warn your underage child. It does get tricky and we need to give our grown children space to be themselves and live their own lives and yet we are challenged at times to speak…

Proverbs 3:12 (ASV)

mighty acts

Could it be that we talk so little to the next generation about God's mighty acts, because we have seen so few of them? Or perhaps we have seen so few of God's acts because we talk about them so little.…

Psalm 145:4 (ASV)

marching orders

It occurs to me that the plan then and now is for each extended family to stay near the tabernacle (church) and the Lord and to do exactly as instructed by God. Sometimes that means that a family patriarch…

Numbers 2:34 (ASV)

Murder?

Not much sure I understand this passage at all. What in the world is it talking about? It sure doesn't seem like God would command something like this, yet there it is and earlier verses say "The Lord…

Leviticus 27:29 (ASV)

Prayer for our children

As I read this I think of several of my children who are not seeking the Lord. The verses above 44 make me wonder what all God will bring on them to point them back toward Him. Some pretty rough threats.…

Leviticus 26:44 (ASV)

Perfectionist

I need to remember this verse often. Being a perfectionist I want everything and everyone to be just so. It just doesn't work that way. Only God alone is perfect and HIs word. I want to strive to live…

Psalm 119:96 (ASV)

workplace behavior

Good workplace advice. Sometimes it is hard to know how to deal with co-workers who do not give an honest effort, esp. when you are not their boss. I think overall these verses tell me that it isn't my…

Leviticus 19:17 (ASV), Leviticus 19:18 (ASV)

Leviticus 16:8 and Azazel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azazel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azazel) Interesting article regarding this demon.

Leviticus 16:8 (ASV)

pride

These verses always bother me a bit. Paul sounds pretty full of himself here. How does he determine if he is bragging more than he should? And where is the place in today's economic climate for networking…

2 Corinthians 10:14 (ASV)