The Bible Study Evangelista

Category: Dealing with Anger Tag: anger , Bible reading , holy spirit , Old Testament Everyone feels unappreciated and overlooked sometimes. The prodigal son has an older, clearly responsible and obedient brother. Scholars tell us this brother represents the Pharisees, with whom Jesus shares this parable. How does God deal with our resentment when we feel our efforts are unacknowledged?

  Category: Dealing with Anger Tag: anger , Bible reading , holy spirit , Old Testament God tells Jonah to preach salvation to his enemy. So Jonah does the only sensible thing; he heads in the opposite direction! Jonah tried to thwart God’s will by doing the opposite of what he was asked. As a result, he finds himself in “deep.”

Category: Dealing with Anger Tag: anger , Bible reading , holy spirit , Old Testament   Note: Did you notice that I got the last two CatholicTV shows mixed up? Last week said it was David, but it was Saul. This week is actually David. Sorry about that! You might want to go back and look at that LOVE the Word reflection. …….. Often we are not sorry for our actions because we are willfully ignorant of how they affect others. When Nathan confronts David over his sin, he becomes deeply angry at the injustice of his own actions. How do we deal with being confronted by someone else, especially when they are right and we are in the wrong? How do we deal with the guilt of doing wrong?

  Category: Blog , LOVE the Word® Tag: Advent , Bible reading , holy spirit , Thanksgiving   I spent Thanksgiving with my family, and we had an unexpected tragedy. My sister and brother-in-law lost everything in an electrical fire Thanksgiving morning at 6:30 AM. If you’re in the mood to donate for Giving Tuesday tomorrow, their Go Fund Me page is here. Until next week, here is a reflection on how the Bible relates thanksgiving with praise and God’s presence that I did the Friday after Thanksgiving with Guadalupe Radio, and another show on How to Pray Like Mary with Brook Taylor over at Good Things Radio.