On the day that you stood aloof,        on the day that strangers carried off his wealth                    and foreigners entered his gates        and cast lots for Jerusalem,        you were like one of them.  Statues are rarely erected to those who “stood aloof”. They are built for those who stood up and moved forward for whatever they believed in. In 586 BC,…

            You are my King, O God;        ordain salvation for Jacob!              5       Through you we push down our foes;        through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.              6       For not in my bow do I trust,        nor can my sword save me.              7       But you have saved us…

We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the…

And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew,…

And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.” 23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”  I’ve…

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” This opening line from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens could easily be the opening line from…