Author: Ralph Rickenbach

Then Eliashib, the chief priest, got up with his brothers the priests, and took in hand the building of the sheep doorway; they made it holy and put its doors in position; as far as the tower of Hammeah they made it holy, even to the tower of Hananel. And by his side the men…

And the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman taken in adultery; and having set her in the midst, they say unto him, Teacher, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in the very act. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such: what then sayest thou of her? … He that is…

With the Feast already half over, Jesus showed up in the Temple, teaching. The Jews were impressed, but puzzled: “How does he know so much without being schooled?” Jesus said, “I didn’t make this up. What I teach comes from the One who sent me. Jn 7:14-16 The feast talked about here is Tabernacles. Jesus…

As for you, you have safely guarded the good wine until now. John 2:10 Jesus before starting his public ministry was invited to a wedding with his disciples and family. You know the story. Israeli weddings took a long time back then, and people were allowed to just drop in. And so it happened that…

And seeing a fig- tree in the distance with leaves, he went to see if by chance it had anything on it: and when he came to it, he saw nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for the fruit. And he said to it, Let no man take fruit from you for…

Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. 1Te 1:1 Instead of today’s verse I could have taken almost any opening verse of the letters written to churches. The commonalities? Many would say that they state the sender…