Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?” 4 Those who stood by said, “Would you revile God’s high priest?” 5 And Paul said, “I did not know, brothers, that he was…

Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea 8 and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. Idle hands are the devil’s workshop. We have all heard that phrase. Its…

Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory,        for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!                2       Why should the nations say,        “Where is their God?”              3       Our God is in the heavens;        he does all that he pleases.  Pinky swear. How binding is that…

A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,        and favor is better than silver or gold.              2       The rich and the poor meet together;        the LORD is the Maker of them all.  In Othello by Shakespeare, Iago has a similar take on a good name. His purse is trash compared to his good name….

21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. 22 He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. 23 When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself…

Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, 14 or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. 15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish…