Today´s reading:OT: Exodus 12:14-51, Exodus 13:1-16NT: Matthew 20:29-34, Mathew 21:1-22Ps: Psalm 25:16-22Pr: Proverbs 6:12-15
Gospel Thread – OT:
It must be eaten inside one house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones.
Exodus 12:46 (NIV)
Is it coincidence that God commanded that none of the bones of the passover lamb be [...]

Today´s reading:OT: Exodus 10-11, Exodus 12:1-13NT: Matthew 20:1-28Ps: Psalm 25:1-15Pr: Proverbs 6:6-11
Gospel Thread – OT:
The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.
Exodus 12:13 (NIV)
The Passover – so much [...]

Today´s reading:OT: Exodus 8-9NT: Matthew 19:13-30Ps: Psalm 24Pr: Proverbs 6:1-5
Gospel Thread – OT:
But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
Exodus 9:16 (NIV)
In everything, God’s purpose is to glorify Himself: creation, mankind, His plan of salvation [...]

Today´s reading:OT: Exodus 5:22-23, Exodus 6-7NT: Matthew 18:21-35, Matthew 19:1-12Ps: Psalm 23Pr: Proverbs 5:22-23
Gospel Thread – OT:
Then the LORD said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.”
Exodus 7:1 (NIV)
A continuation of the comparision of Moses as a type of Christ: Aaron is a [...]

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I apologize if you’ve noticed any site down-time or other oddities. Wordpress 2.1 has been released, and the upgrade has been less smooth than normal.
First off, after happily downloading the new version, I started reading the Wordpress support forums to see if any common installation problems were cropping up. Good thing I did, too, because [...]

Today´s reading:OT: Exodus 4, Exodus 5:1-21NT: Matthew 18:1-20Ps: Psalm 22:19-31Pr: Proverbs 5:15-21
Gospel Thread – OT:
24 At a lodging place on the way, the LORD met {Moses} and was about to kill him. 25 But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched {Moses’} feet with it. “Surely you are a bridegroom [...]

Posted 27 January 2006; back-dated.
Today´s reading:OT: Exodus 2:11-25, Exodus 3NT: Matthew 17:10-27Ps: Psalm 22:1-18Pr: Proverbs 5:7-14
Gospel Thread – OT:
God said to Moses, “I am who I am . This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ “
Exodus 3:14 (NIV)
God gives Moses “I AM” as His Name. [...]

Posted 27 January 2007; back-dated.
Today´s reading:OT: Genesis 50, Exodus 1, Exodus 2:1-10NT: Matthew 16:13-28, Matthew 17:1-9Ps: Psalm 21Pr: Proverbs 5:1-6
Gospel Thread – OT:
And Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
Genesis 50:25 (NIV)
Joseph displays [...]

Today´s reading:OT: Genesis 48-49NT: Matthew 15:29-39, Matthew 16:1-12Ps: Psalm 20Pr: Proverbs 4:20-27
Gospel Thread – OT:
10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and the obedience of the nations is his.11 He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt [...]

Courtesy of Cranky Colt (Indy-Star Colts message board’s TrollAlertGuy) comes this home video of Joseph Addai’s game-winner:

Update: Here’s a video of crowd reaction to Marlin Jackson’s game-sealing interception.
Update II: video source changed; updated accordingly. See also this compilation video.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch previews Super Bowl XLI
In an otherwise decent analysis, I found this little gem [emphasis added]:
On running downs, the Bears like to load the box with an extra defender or two. Their starting point against every opponent is stuffing the run, and making teams one-dimensional. That was the case against the Saints, [...]

Today´s reading:OT: Genesis 46-47NT: Matthew 15:1-28Ps: Psalm 19Pr: Proverbs 4:14-19
Gospel Thread – OT:
29 When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise that you will show me kindness and [...]

Today´s reading:OT: Genesis 44-45NT: Matthew 14:13-36Ps: Psalm 16:37-50Pr: Proverbs 4:11-13
Gospel Thread – OT:
But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Genesis 45:7 (NIV)
And even so is the gospel, biblical history – even the entirety of world history – God’s plan [...]

Indianapolis Colts: 2006 AFC Champions!

38-34

A complete team effort.

Biggest comeback victory in conference championship history!

Finally.

The conference playoffs have been concluded. Two more weeks before Super Bowl XLI. I’m just hoping I can get to sleep tonight. More? Well, at least there are more photos.

Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson have been having an interesting discussion about Windows Vista Digital Rights Management (DRM) in Episodes 73, 74, and 75 of their weekly SecurityNow podcast, including a conversation with Peter Gutmann, who wrote a white paper called “A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection“.
Today I noticed a GRC newsgroup post [...]

Today´s reading:OT: Genesis 42:18-38, Genesis 43NT: Matthew 13:47-58, Matthew 14:1-12Ps: Psalm 18:16-36Pr: Proverbs 4:7-10
Gospel Thread – OT:
And may God Almighty grant you mercy before the man so that he will let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.
Genesis 43:14 (NIV)
What a change for [...]

Just testing Feedburner feed integration…

Episode 11: The Bitter End of Bullying
The Quickfire Challenge continued the ad nauseum corporate sponsorship, tasking the contestants to create a dish using Nestlé Chocolatier. Surprise guest judge Eric Ripert chose Sam’s dish as the winner:

Shrimp & Bananas with Chocolate Chipotle, Black Bean & Cilantro Pesto SaucesPhoto © Bravo TV
The Elimination Challenge, which was to [...]

Princess 004 Hosted on Zooomr

And, yes, this is a shameless attempt to get a free Zoomr Pro account (Hat Tip: Obvious Ideas)

You may have noticed the row of (perhaps odd-looking) images at the end of each post. Thanks to the Social Bookmarks plugin, you now have the option of using one or several of the social bookmarking services with my blog posts. If you are so inclined, feel free to use them; if not, feel free [...]

Today´s reading:OT: Genesis 41:17-57, Genesis 42:1-17NT: Matthew 13:24-46Ps: Psalm 18:1-15Pr: Proverbs 4:1-6
Gospel Thread – OT:
So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?”
Genesis 41:38 (NIV)
Today’s passage continues the Joseph-as-type-of-Christ metaphor discussed yesterday.

Gospel Thread – NT:
34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; [...]

Today´s reading:OT: Genesis 39-40, Genesis 41:1-16NT: Matthew 12:46-50, Matthew 13:1-23Ps: Psalm 17Pr: Proverbs 3:33-35
Gospel Thread – OT:
For I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon.
Genesis 40:15 (NIV)
Another comparison with Christ, since both were innocent of the alleged crimes [...]

Posted 19 January 2007; back-dated.
Today´s reading:OT: Genesis 37-38NT: Matthew 12:22-45Ps: Psalm 16Pr: Proverbs 3:27-32
Gospel Thread – OT:
So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
Genesis 37:28 (NIV)
Joseph here is a type of [...]

Today´s reading:OT: Genesis 35-36NT: Matthew 12:1-21Ps: Psalm 15Pr: Proverbs 3:21-26
Gospel Thread – OT:
So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.”
Genesis 35:2 (NIV)
This statement is a type of repentance and salvation in Christ. When [...]