Author

  1. December 7 - Hosea and Flannery O’Connor

    book
    12/07/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    פתה - “Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her." HOSEA 2:14
    December 7 - Hosea and Flannery O’Connor

  2. December 6 - The Holy Christian Jezreel

    book
    12/06/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    יזרעאל - And the Lord said to [Hosea,] “Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel." HOSEA 1:4
    December 6 - The Holy Christian Jezreel

  3. December 5 - Ancient of Days

    book
    12/05/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    עתיק - “As I looked, thrones were placed, and the Ancient of Days took his seat; his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames; its wheels were burning fire." DANIEL 7:9
    December 5 - Ancient of Days

  4. December 4 - The Handwriting on the Wall

    book
    12/04/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    מנא - Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand... And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin. DANIEL 3:23
    December 4 - The Handwriting on the Wall

  5. December 3 - The Fiery Furnace

    book
    12/03/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    אתון - And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell bound into the burning fiery furnace. DANIEL 3:23
    December 3 - The Fiery Furnace

  6. December 2 - No Handmade Kingdom

    book
    12/02/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    יד - "As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces... But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth." DANIEL 2:34–35
    December 2 - No Handmade Kingdom

  7. December 1 - Eat Your Vegetables

    book
    12/01/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    זרענים - [Daniel said,] “Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13 Then let our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat the king's food be observed by you, and deal with your servants according to what you see.” DANIEL 1:12–13
    December 1 - Eat Your Vegetables

  8. November 30 - Hiding and Healing Leaves

    book
    11/30/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    עלה - "And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing.” EZEKIEL 47:12
    November 30 - Hiding and Healing Leaves

  9. November 29 - Resurrection and the Richter Scale

    book
    11/29/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    רעשׁ - The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones... So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. EZEKIEL 37:1, 7
    November 29 - Resurrection and the Richter Scale

  10. November 28 - Sprinkling

    book
    11/28/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    זרק - I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. EZEKIEL 36:24–25
    November 28 - Sprinkling

  11. November 27 - No Mourning

    book
    11/27/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    ספד - “Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down. Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.” So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. EZEKIEL 24:16–18
    November 27 - No Mourning

  12. November 26 - God Is No Sadist

    book
    11/26/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    חפץ - "Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?" EZEKIEL 18:23
    November 26 - God Is No Sadist