Daily Bible Reflections

Trouble with God happens whenever we value efficiency and expediency over obedience and submission. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/20/2-samuel-61-15-be-careful-how-you-celebrate/

God is the expert on turning our song of lament into a song of victory. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/19/psalm-1181-2-14-24-jesus-is-the-cornerstone/

We have the hope of individual renewal, corporate revitalization, and worldwide revival because there is a risen Savior. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/18/1-corinthians-56b-8-easter-is-more-than-a-day/

Why do you look for the living among the dead? This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/17/luke-241-12-the-wonder-of-christs-resurrection/

Christ died. And the shame he took on, died with him. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/16/psalm-311-4-15-16-holy-saturday/

Because Christ suffered, our suffering has meaning. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/15/isaiah-5213-5312-good-friday-3/

We need Love to rescue and redeem us from the muck and crud of injustice.  This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/14/john-131-17-31b-35-maundy-thursday/

The end game of Christ’s redemptive work on the cross was joy over deposing the ruler of this dark world and obliterating the obstacles to people’s faith. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/13/hebrews-121-3-wednesday-of-holy-week-2/

Those who die to self will discover eternal life. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/12/john-1220-36-tuesday-of-holy-week-2/

Sometimes it takes a woman to show us the way. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/11/john-121-11-monday-of-holy-week/

What kind of world, what sort of people, would we be if we embraced humility and truly served one another with prejudice? This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/10/philippians-25-11-descending-into-greatness/

Work is noble. But there is nothing noble about working without rest. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/09/leviticus-231-8-theres-more-to-life-than-work-2/

The biblical psalms give us structure and meaning when the world around us makes no sense.  This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/08/psalm-319-16-lord-have-mercy-2/

Ignorance does not come from a lack of education; it comes from a failure to pay attention to the most important things in life. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/07/hebrews-21-9-pay-attention/

"The most difficult thing I have ever had to do is follow the guidance I prayed for." Albert Schweitzer This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/06/habakkuk-32-15-coming-to-grips-with-injustice/

“The moment someone attaches you to a philosophy or a movement, then they assign all the baggage and all the rest of the philosophy that goes with it to you. And when you want to have a conversation, they will assert that they already know everything important there is to know about you because of that association. And that's not the way to have a conversation.” Neil deGrasse Tyson This episode is...

“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.” G.K. Chesterton This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/04/psalm-20-may-the-lord-grant-all-your-requests/

If we believe there is a better tomorrow, we can bear a hardship today. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/03/isaiah-4316-21-god-is-doing-a-new-thing/

"Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering." Yoda This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/04/02/john-1145-57-gripped-by-worry-and-fear/

“We should therefore learn that the only good we have is what the Lord has given us gratuitously; that the only good we do is what He does in us; that it is not that we do nothing ourselves, but that we act only when we have been acted upon, in other words under the direction and influence of the Holy Spirit.” John Calvin This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/0...

Seeds of repentance, carefully planted and watered with tears, shall bring an abundant harvest of joy. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/03/31/psalm-126-plant-in-tears-and-harvest-the-joy/

Most of our plans are humanly possible and doable. Maybe we ought, instead, to seek the impossible. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/03/30/luke-910-17-jesus-feeds-five-thousand/

We are commanded by God to rest. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/03/29/leviticus-251-19-your-well-being-is-a-priority-to-god/

Time is nothing more than the relationship between events. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/03/28/revelation-191-8-the-time-is-coming/

We are to all share the same heart of the father in the parable of the lost son – a heart of hospitable love, abundant grace, and open celebration. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2022/03/27/luke-151-3-11b-32-parable-of-the-lost-son/