For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. 14 And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. 15 But when he who had set me apart before…

  Blessed are you, O LORD;        teach me your statutes!              13       With my lips I declare        all the rules of your mouth.              14       In the way of your testimonies I delight        as much as in all riches.              15       I will meditate on your precepts        and fix my eyes on your ways.              16…

Jonah 2:9-10       9But I with the voice of thanksgiving        will sacrifice to you;        what I have vowed I will pay.        Salvation belongs to the LORD!”  10 And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.  In Moby Dick, Father Mapple delivered a sermon from the book of Jonah as a send off to…

        My heart is steadfast, O God!        I will sing and make melody with all my being!              2       Awake, O harp and lyre!        I will awake the dawn!              3       I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the peoples;        I will sing praises to you among the nations.              4       For…

For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” 40 And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” “Close your eyes and think of me; And soon I will be there;…

Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the…