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Psalm 31; Haggai 1:1-15; Rev. 2:18-29; Matt. 23:27-39   Whitewashed tombs. They’re pretty, all right–visit Egypt sometime, and be amazed. Or those monuments to aristocratic

Psalm 37; Amos 9:1-10; Rev. 2:8-17; Matt. 23:13-26   Majoring in minors, right? That’s what Jesus warns us against. Growing up, I remember distinctly a

Psalm 25; Amos 7:1-9; Rev. 1:1-8; Matt. 22:23-33 Happy St Nicholas day! Today, throughout most of continental Europe, the gift-giving saint will appear in a

salm 19:1-6; Deuteronomy 30:11-14; Romans 10:8b-18; Matthew 4:18-22 ANDREW the APOSTLE Fishing for people. I used to work for Bass Pro in Springfield–believe it or

Psalm 137; Micah 7:11-20; 1 Pet. 4:7-19; Matt. 20:29-34   ‘Lord, open our eyes.’ What better thing for which to pray as we move headlong

Psalm 106; Joel 3:1-2,9-17; 1 Pet. 1:1-12; Matt. 19:1-12   ‘Not everyone can accept this teaching, but only those to whom it is given.’ What

Psalm 102; 1 Macc. 4:36-59; Rev. 22:6-13; Matt. 18:10-20   Today’s reading from I Maccabees is one of two descriptions in the Apocryphal books about

Psalm 105; I Macc 4:1-25; Revelation 21:22-22:5; Matthew 18:1-9   His name on my forehead. All my life I’d had marks on my head, visible

Psalm 101, 109; 1 Macc. 3:42-60; Rev. 21:9-21; Matt. 17:22-27   Hoo boy, does Jesus get relevant today! He says, point blank, that He has

Psalm 97, 99, 100; 1 Macc. 3:25-41; Rev. 21:1-8; Matt. 17:14-21   This is the first time Emmaus pops up in history: but where is

Psalm 89; 1 Macc. 3:1-24; Rev. 20:7-15; Matt. 17:1-13   Anthropology is the study of human behavior: every system of thought has an anthropology. Marxism

Psalm 87, 90; 1 Macc. 2:1-28; Rev. 20:1-6; Matt. 16:21-28   When Peter tells Jesus that His message is too hard (because it’s not happy-happy