Closer Day By Day

Bible Passage:  3 John 3 John is the shortest book in the Bible and with only one chapter. Elder John wrote this letter to this person called Gaius. In this letter, he praises Gaius and Demetrius but warns of Diotrephes. What are Elder John’s praises to these good Christians? Gaius He walks in the truth [...]

Everytime I read Paul’s letter to Philemon I am reminded of the Onesimus Principle. What is the Onesimus Principle? Well, let me start off by asking if you know who Onesimus was? Er… I guess we should backtrack first and ask who was this Philemon that Paul was writing to? Philemon was most probably a [...]

Bible Passage:  Ruth 4 The finale to the short book of Ruth. And inspired by biblereadingcompanion’s comment at the beginning of his post, I’ll keep mine short too (I hope..). When I first read this chapter, one main point came to my mind, and it brings me back to my  student theological lessons. We read [...]

Bible Passage:  Ruth 3 Today’s sharing will be short and sweet.  Basically it is all about individuals acting on behalf of others with no obligation to do so. Chapter 3 of Ruth starts off with an opportunity that Naomi saw and seized.  She found out that Boaz was a kinsman and now sought to ‘care’ [...]

Bible Passage:  Ruth 1-2 How about a little Bible trivia? Who was King David’s great grandmother? Was she a Jew? Of all the names that were recorded in the genealogy of Jesus Christ, how many were women? Can you name them? Did you know that it was not customary, in fact uncommon, for Jews to [...]