Daily Bible Reflections

It's through ordinary people that divine purposes on this earth are worked out. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Christ is our Mediator, bridging the gap between heaven and earth. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Working together, consulting, collaborating, and engaging in fellowship enable us to speak with those who may oppose, misunderstand, or misinterpret us. It’s also a more joyful way to live. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

If we want to live in a world where there is justice, mercy, and love, then we must demonstrate those very things in our own lives, today and every day. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Israel’s covenant with Yahweh their God was to have the wider implication of covenanting to help and care for each other as Israelites. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

It is important to preserve the dignity of people, which is why the Old Testament is filled with social and economic laws concerning the poor in Israel. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

God’s kingdom is right here, right in front of our faces. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

We must decide what risks we will take, and which things to avoid, and then go out in faith and perform those actions to the best of our ability. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

We, along with all of the saints of bygone eras, will share together in a great resurrection at the end of time. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

“In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.” St. John of the Cross

Just as God shows mercy without prejudice, so will God extend judgment without any prejudice. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

We are accountable to God for our motives, words, and actions in this life. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

We, as citizens of both our local regions and of the world, must avoid getting sucked into the vortex of acrimonious speech and hate-filled rhetoric.  This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

ob’s incredible and awful experience of suffering and redemption becomes an invitation for you and me to have a more expansive view of what a relationship with the living God truly looks like. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

The genuine spiritual life is always a tricky and risky combination of devotion and confrontation toward God. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

The old system is obsolete, because of Christ. Jesus has brought a new and better way. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Jesus is a priest and king, like Melchizedek. Therefore, Jesus is superior to Abraham, Levi, Aaron, and all of the Levitical priests. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Living by faith is the only real option we have. All other options leave us in an existential angst, sliding toward nihilism. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

It could be that God talking of Leviathan – this big uncontrollable and unpredictable creature – is one way of helping us come to grips with our divine/human relationship. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

When God shows up, it usually isn’t in a dramatic whirlwind; God typically comes in the form of the person right in front of me. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Good guys don’t always win in this life, because having faith typically means we will actually suffer, rather than not. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Christians must support and promote the idea of political office as a public service; and the concept of being a citizen as serving the common good of all persons, not just some persons. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

The God of Holy Scripture hates injustice, and wants all people everywhere to extend basic human kindness and goodness to one another without prejudice or favoritism. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Acceptance of others is more than a nice idea; and it doesn’t mean that we overlook differences of convictions or dogma. It just means that we choose to focus on what is most important. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

The friends simply assumed Job was sinful, because they presupposed that anyone undergoing such terrible suffering is being punished by God. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/