The M'Cheyne Cluster 5.20

"On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation and afflict yourselves. You shall do no work." Numbers 29:7.

"Whom have I in heaven but you?

And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you." Psalm 73:25.

"And the remainder of the archers of the mighty men of the sons of Kedar will be few, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken." Isaiah 21:17.

"But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction." 2 Peter 2:1.

The M'Cheyne Cluster 5.18

"So the Lord said to Moses, 'Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.'" Numbers 27:18.

"With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come;

I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone." Psalms 71:16.

"In that day man will look to his Maker, and his eyes will look on the Holy One of Israel. He will not look to the altars, the work of his hands, and he will not look on what his own fingers have made, either the Asherim or the altars of incense." Isaiah 17:7, 8.

"And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you." 1 Peter 5:10.

The M'Cheyne Cluster 5.16

"Therefore say, 'Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace, and it shall be to him and to his descendants after him the covenant of a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the people of Israel.'" Numbers 25:12, 13

"Blessed be the Lord,

who daily bears us up;

God is our salvation."  Psalm 68:19

"He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon,

to the high places to weep;

over Nebo and over Medeba

Moab wails.

On every head is baldness;

every beard is shorn;" Isaiah 15:2

"Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ." 1 Peter 3:21

The Rationalist

The optimist says, "The glass is half full."

The pessimist says, "The glass is half empty."

The rationalist says, "This glass is twice as big as it needs to be."

- from Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar  by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klien