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Scripture is the word commonly used for the Written Word of the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible.

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Short Takes on Scripture – Tell us your thoughts about this brief quote from the Bible.

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ONLY Scripture

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  • Honor and Glory be to God in the Highest

    Honor and Glory be to God in the Highest

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    Honor and Glory 1 min 44 sec

    A protest song?

    I grew up in the 1960’s, a time full of protest songs. And this was one of my favorites, an a capella version in English from a German composer.

    So what qualifies this as a protest song? BACH was a Protestant.

    For years his hymns and music heavily taken from Scripture were banned from the Roman Catholic church (although now, Bach is back even in Catholic worship).

    To the King of of the ages

    You may have heard today’s short take on Scripture as a benediction of worship:

    Now to the King [lit. of the ages] eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory [lit. to the ages of the ages] forever and ever. Amen.

    1 Timothy 1:17 NASB20

    And the Protest?

    ..fight the good fight, keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith.

    1 Timothy 1:81b-19 NASB20

    Even some who claim Christ will not give honor to the Father and glory to God in the Highest.

    Do you agree, disagree or have an example?

    Glora to God Alone the life of JS Bach

    To learn more about Bach and his faith listen here.

  • .. because the days are evil

    .. because the days are evil

    What will it take to convince a world of universal appeasement of all enemies of God that these last days are in action and in deed: evil?

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    KYIV UKRAINE – ASH WEDNESDAY AD 2022

    A Caution about Evil for Christians

    Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

    Ephesians 5:15-16 HNV
    • What’s the Good News in this (if any)?
    • Do you know the next line of this caution to a Church witnessing to a world which surrounds the Gospel of Christ Jesus with works of darkness?
    Click here for Ephesians 15-17 in: NKJV, PHILLIPS English Paraphrase, German, Greek & Russian
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    In Mariupol, it is feared that the number of victims could rise to as many as 20,000. The news ticker.

    Wars & rumors of wars

    And Jesus began to say to them, “See to it that no one misleads you.

    Gospel of Mark 13:5 NASB20
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    MARK 13:

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    “Many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He!’ and they will mislead many.

    “When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; those things must take place; but that is not yet the end.

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    “For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;

    there will be earthquakes in various places;

    there will also be famines.

    These things are only the beginning of birth pains.

    Gospel of Mark 13:5-8 – Caution of the One Messiah of God, Jesus

    Beat your plowshares into swords,
    And your pruning hooks into spears;
    Let the weak man say, “I am a warrior.” – Joel 3:10
  • Be Kind to One Another before..

    Be Kind to One Another before..

    teaching children to pray and be kind to one another

    “Be kind to each other before you must say,

    ‘I’m Sorry.’“

    Be kind to one another..

    Some children (it seems) never say ‘I’m SORRY,’ after they do bad things to you. But I know that you do because you are a kind child of God.

    Sound familiar? The parental leading or teacher’s prayer of repentance for your unkind words?

    “Be kind to one another, BEFORE you must repent.”

    A Lenten Short Take on Scripture

    That’s NOT in the Bible, is it?

    No, not in those exact words but this advice to the children of the Lord God resounds throughout the Bible.

    Some of us have been thinking about Lent as a time we should pray for forgiveness for all of our shortcomings — sins of commission and omission — things we have said that we ought not to have said..

    Sins of ours for which JESUS was NAILED TO THE CROSS!

    • Yet wouldn’t we do better to behave a Christ?
    • To act like JESUS in our relationships with others?

    Kindness OR Repentance?

    Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.

    Letter of Paul to the Church at EPHESUS 4:32

    We teach this to our children. (And we claim to be children of the living God!)

    חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת אַל־יַעַזְבֻךָ קָשְׁרֵם עַל־גַּרְגְּרֹותֶיךָ כָּתְבֵם עַל־לוּחַ לִבֶּךָ׃

    CLICK HERE for translations of ENGLISH BIBLES Mishlei (Proverbs) 3:3 :: Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC)

    Repentance BEFORE Kindness

    What were your most recent unkind words for which you must repent?

    If our hearts would only have heeded the wise words of Scripture prior to allowing our tongues spew out unkind darts toward another, then our repentance and I’m sorries would not have been so required this day.

    When it is My desire,

    I will discipline them..

    Sow for yourselves, with a view to righteousness;
    Harvest in accordance with kindness.
    Break up your uncultivated ground,
    For it is time to seek the LORD
    Until He comes and rains righteousness on you.

    Hosea 10:10a,12 NASB20

    WHAT’S YOUR SHORT TAKE ON THESE SCRIPTURES ABOUT KINDNESS?

    • What unkind words have brought you to a need to repent?