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December 7th, 2025: God's Word | Psalm 19:7-13
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12). To the skeptic, the word of God, or simply belief in God, is viewed as a crutch to a believer. To the atheist, there is no god and no need for one. Agnostics contend that any knowledge of a god is unknown and unknowable. The ideas th
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
22 hours ago8 min read
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December 7th, 2025: God's Word | Psalm 19:7-13
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12). To the skeptic, the word of God, or simply belief in God, is viewed as a crutch to a believer. To the atheist, there is no god and no need for one. Agnostics contend that any knowledge of a god is unknown and unknowable. The ideas th
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
22 hours ago8 min read
November 30th, 2025: Ezekiel's Vision | Ezekiel 37:1-9, 12
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall he
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Nov 266 min read
November 23rd, 2025: Ezekiel's Responsibility | Ezekiel 33:7-16
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. (Jeremiah 17:9-10). The setting of Ezekiel chapter thirty-three is in the time after the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians and the burning of the temple. The prophetic words written by Jeremiah and Ezekiel have been fulfilled in the violent aftermath of the att
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Nov 207 min read
November 16th, 2025: Ezekiel's Sign | Ezekiel 3:10-11, 24:15-24, 27
Around the time of Israel’s defeat and captivity, cataclysmic battles were being waged between two great world empires: Babylon and Assyria. Egypt, once the powerhouse of the region, had been defeated and was rapidly losing influence. Meanwhile, not long after Babylon was victorious, the rise of the Medo-Persian Empire loomed large as it began to rise in power and influence. It was a time of great upheaval, resettlement, and profound loss for the people of God. Through th
Laura Neal & Debbie Barcus
Nov 177 min read
November 9th, 2025: Jerusalem's Fall | 2 Kings 24:18-20, 2 Kings 25:1-9
2 Kings 24:18-20 During the final days of the nation of Judah, before it was crushed and burned by the armies of Babylon, King Mattaniah, who was renamed by Nebuchadnezzar Zedekiah, sat on the throne in Jerusalem. Long gone was the abundance of a land flowing with milk and honey; compromise and looting had cheapened and sullied Solomon’s temple, and the great armies created by King David were a distant memory. Long-time enemies, the Syrians, the Moabites, and the Amorites,
Laura Neal
Nov 76 min read
November 2nd, 2025: Jeremiah's Rescue | Jeremiah 38:7-13
Thus saith the Lord, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. Thus saith the Lord, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. (Jeremiah 38: 2-3). For many years, the prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel) spoke warnings to Judah of a coming judgment day. The day
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Oct 318 min read
October 26th, 2025: Changes Promised | Jeremiah 31:29-34, John 1:17
For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in th
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Oct 227 min read
October 19th, 2025: A Family's Example | Jeremiah 35:5-11
Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord. (Jeremiah 9:23-24). “If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump off the bridge also?” Whether we
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Oct 177 min read
October 12th, 2025: Jeremiah's Message | Jeremiah 7:1-11, 21-23
Imagine being asked to stand in the church doorway and preach about the sinfulness of the people attending. That is exactly what...
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Oct 108 min read
October 5th, 2025: Jeremiah's Call and Arrest | Jeremiah 1:6-10, 26:8-9, 12-15
The prophet Jeremiah is also known as the “weeping prophet.” At the time of his ministry, the northern kingdom of Israel had already...
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Oct 27 min read
September 28th, 2025: The Servant's Suffering | Isaiah 53:1-7
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou...
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Sep 248 min read
September 21st, 2025: Hilkiah's Discovery | 2 Chronicles 34:15-22, 26-27
Have you ever put together something that looked fairly simple on the package? Most likely, you saw the picture on the box and tossed...
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Sep 175 min read
September 14th, 2025: Hezekiah's Passover | 2 Chronicles 30:1-9, 26-27
And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague...
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Sep 128 min read
September 7th, 2025: Isaiah's Call and Ministry | Isaiah 6:1-8, 38:1-5
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be...
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Sep 39 min read
August 31st, 2025: Living Stones in a Spiritual Temple
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure...
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Aug 278 min read
August 24th, 2025: Sacrifice of Praise | Hebrews 13:9-21
Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory...
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Aug 209 min read
August 17th, 2025: The Two Made One | Ephesians 2:11-22
At the time of this writing, Paul is laying the foundation and building the framework for the New Testament Church. The ceremonial...
Debbie Barcus
Aug 136 min read
August 10th, 2025: Our Bodies Belong to God | 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way...
Laura Neal & Debbie Barcus
Aug 66 min read
August 3rd, 2025: Christians and God's Temple | 1 Corinthians 3:10-23
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built...
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Jul 317 min read
July 27th, 2025: Jesus Predicts the Temple Destruction | Matthew 24:1-14
IYKYK. If you know, you know! A common saying on social media has many spiritual applications. Our understanding is based on the...
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Jul 285 min read
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