Daily Bible Reflections

We are to put off the old clothes of spiritual insensitivity and social injustice. We are to put on the new clothes of righteousness and peace.  This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/22/2-kings-2315-25-repent-renew-and-reform/

"My kingdom is not of this world." Jesus Christ This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/21/john-1833-37-worship-christ-the-king/

Faith, a noun, is closely accompanied by it’s verb, believe. Together, as identical twin sisters, they let us know that both knowledge and action are needed.  This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/20/john-331-36-believe-the-son/

Humility is the cornerstone to every good thing in this life.  This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/19/2-kings-2211-20-humble-yourself/

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them up. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/18/acts-754-81-humility-and-hubris/

“Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.” Oswald Chambers This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/17/1-kings-822-30-solomons-prayer-of-dedication/

“Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope.” Reinhold Niebuhr This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/16/hebrews-1032-39-believe-be-patient-and-remember/

Love isn’t all rainbows and unicorns. Sometimes it’s downright tough, unabashedly truthful, and concerned for appropriate justice. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/15/hebrews-1026-31-on-rejecting-divine-love/

It's our privilege to persevere through life using the spiritual gifts of faith, hope, and love. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/14/hebrews-1011-25-dont-give-up/

"All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone." Blaise Pascal This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/13/1-samuel-31-18-speak-lord-for-i-am-listening/

Our knowledge, understanding, and sense of identity are vitally important because we tend to live up to how we view ourselves.   This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/12/colossians-26-15-our-identity-in-christ/

"Hope is to our spirits what oxygen is to our lungs. Lose hope and you die. They may not bury you for awhile, but without hope you are dead inside. The only way to face the future is to fly straight into it on the wings of hope....hope is the energy of the soul. Hope is the power of tomorrow." Lewis Smedes This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/11/1-samuel-21...

Good news to the poor, the prisoner, the blind, and those who suffer is sometimes interpreted as bad news by the rich, the free, the sighted, and the healthy. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/10/luke-416-30-good-news-for-those-people/

Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/09/1-timothy-59-16-a-ministry-of-giving-and-receiving/

“Despite our earnest efforts, we couldn't climb all the way up to God. So what did God do? In an amazing act of condescension, God climbed down to us and became one with us." Will Willimon This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/08/psalm-113-shout-praises/

"Forgiveness means that I continually am willing to forgive the other person for not being God." Henri Nouwen This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/07/hebrews-924-28-forgiveness-is-real/

"Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden." Corrie Ten Boom This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/06/mark-1112-14-20-24-believing-prayer/

There is a fine line between hard work that provides and enriches, and lonely work that is frenetic and fueled by anxiety about the future. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/05/psalm-127-how-to-view-our-work/

"It is impossible for a person not to be puffed by his good works unless he has first been deflated and destroyed by suffering and evil until he knows that he is worthless and that his works are not his but God’s.”  Martin Luther This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/04/romans-56-11-christ-died-for-us/

"Mission is putting love where love is not." St. John of the Cross This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/03/john-1331-35-love-one-another/

The biblical psalms help give voice to our contemporary situations. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/02/psalm-1820-30-vault-the-highest-fence/

"Love is the only thing that can turn an enemy into a friend." Martin Luther King, Jr. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/11/01/romans-1217-21-138-10-let-love-be-your-only-debt/

For some, the greatest prison is not tangible or physical – it is the prison of conscience, bound and wracked by guilt and shame. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/10/31/hebrews-911-14-a-clear-conscience/

Mercy is not dependent on what kind of people we are but is simply based on need.  This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/10/30/luke-1025-37-the-parable-of-the-good-samaritan/

We are meant to both receive and provide justice without prejudice or discrimination.  This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/10/29/psalm-146-underdog-2/