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  • Eine überraschende Buße

    Eine überraschende Buße Was aber mehr von Manasse zu sagen ist, und alles, was er getan hat, und seine Sünde, die er tat, ist das nicht aufgezeichnet im Buch der Chronik der Könige von Juda? Und Manasse legte sich zu seinen Vätern und wurde begraben im Garten seines Hauses, im Garten Ussas. Und sein Sohn…

  • A Surprising Repentance

    Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh— all that he did, and the sin that he committed— are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? So Manasseh rested with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. Then…

  • Sie achteten nicht darauf

    Sie achteten nicht darauf Da sprach Hiskia zu Jesaja: Das Wort des Herrn, das du geredet hast, ist gut! Denn, sprach er, es wird ja doch Friede und Sicherheit sein zu meinen Lebzeiten! Was aber mehr von Hiskia zu sagen ist, und alle seine großen Taten, und wie er den Teich und die Wasserleitung erbaute…

  • The Progression of Persecution

    Special Note: During this season of the Coronavirus, I’m doing a special daily devotional on YouTube. Click here for today’s video devotional. Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the…

  • Into the Wilderness

    Dear Pastor, Preacher, or Bible Teacher – Do you remember this event from the life of Jesus? Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wildernessto be tempted by the devil. (Matthew 4:1) Immediately after Jesus identified with sinful humanity through His baptism, the Holy Spirit then led Him to the wilderness to…

  • They Paid No Attention

    Special Note: During this season of the Coronavirus, I’m doing a special daily devotional on YouTube. Click here for today’s video devotional. So Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD which you have spoken is good!” For he said, “Will there not be peace and truth at least in my days?” Now the rest…

  • A Sad End to a Good Life

    Special Note: During this season of the Coronavirus, I’m doing a special daily devotional on YouTube. Click here for today’s video devotional. So Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD which you have spoken is good!” For he said, “Will there not be peace and truth at least in my days?” Now the rest…

  • Die Falle des Erfolgs

    Die Falle des Erfolgs Zu jener Zeit sandte Berodach-Baladan, der Sohn Baladans, der König von Babel, einen Brief und Geschenke an Hiskia, denn er hatte gehört, daß Hiskia krank gewesen war. Hiskia aber schenkte ihnen Gehör und zeigte ihnen sein ganzes Schatzhaus, das Silber und das Gold und die Spezereien und das kostbare Öl, und…

  • Humble and Exalted

    Dear Pastor, Preacher, or Bible Teacher – You’re probably familiar with this wonderful event in the life of Jesus – His baptism. This was another example of His radical identification with sinful humanity. It also marked the starting point of His earthly ministry. Mark 1:9-11 tells the story: It came to pass in those days…

  • The Trap of Success

    Special Note: During this season of the Coronavirus, I’m doing a special daily devotional on YouTube. Click here for today’s video devotional. At that time Berodach-Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick. And Hezekiah was attentive to them, and showed…