Monthly Archives: August 2009

Matthew 23:23-28 Non-christians hate Christian hypocrisy.  So does Jesus.  Here’s how it gets fixed. See God’s big picture, not just moral details.  Life has a purpose: to glorify the Lord.  Merely being “good” is good, but not enough.  God’s passion … Continue reading →

Mark 9:42-50, 1 Peter 3:18-22 A loving God would never make a hell, much less send people there.  Really? Situation in Mark: child abuse.  Would God let an abused person spend eternity with the abuser?  Would that be heaven? Situation … Continue reading →

Zephaniah 3 When God is finished stopping human sin, what happens then?  Depends upon the human. Those who return to their previous ways, like the nations around, and the leaders of, Judah mentioned here, they find that there is no … Continue reading →

Zephaniah 2 Zephaniah was speaking these promises of destruction about the 630’s BC.  While he spoke, his listeners, Judah, could see the nations of which he spoke: Philistia, Moab, Ethiopia, Assyria.  To their eyes, Zephaniah was wrong! We get that … Continue reading →

Zephaniah 1 The Bible LIKES King Josiah!  He stops the awful practices of Manasseh, gets the nation’s leadership to follow God’s ways, even has a big Passover (2Kings 22-23).  So, why this chapter? Why?  Josiah got people to behave because … Continue reading →