“Then the devil took Him into the holy city; and he had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, ‘If You are the Son of God...

"But He answered him and said, 'It is written, "Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the...

[The past few days I've been posting some random notes regarding this necessary detour that God has me on. He's re-routing me a bit ...

“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” (Matthew 4:1) I sat down a few days ago to work my way...

So, Lori disappeared for several days. (I'm not sure if anyone even noticed.) I'm back, sort of. God, in His perfect wisdom has been...

"He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; like a lamb that is led to slaughter, and like a sheep that is s...

"Surely our griefs He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried; yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. B...

"Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and li...

"Depart, depart, go out from there, touch nothing unclean; go out from the midst of her, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels o...

"How lovely on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who announces peace and brings good news of happiness, who annou...

"Awake, awake, clothe yourselves in your strength, O Zion; clothe yourselves in your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem the holy city. For...

"I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, and of the son of man who is made like grass; that...

"Lift up your eyes to the sky, then look to the earth beneath; for the sky will vanish like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a g...

"Who is among you that fears the LORD, that obeys the voice of His servant, that walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in t...