There is an Old Testament link in Leviticus 11:20, 23, 41, and 42 that mention winged things as detestable. The people were not to eat them. So, did John the Baptist sin by eating locusts? Tune in to find out!

Yesterday's essay and podcast that discussed gnats:

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Looking a bit deeper into Matthew 23:24, the gnat vs. camel saying, we see an interesting connection in the Old Testament. Tune in to find out what it is!

In a semi-rambling post, I look at seasons literally, seasons of sin, then gifts from God, one of which is our conscience. Poor Jeremiah, he never had a convert, the peoples' conscience was so seared they just kept right on sinning. Don't let that be you! At the end I offer several resources on the conscience.

John MacArthur, book, The Vanishing Conscience

RC Sproul 4-min devotional, Don’t Waste Your Conscience

Monergism, selections on the conscience by Puritans, essay by JI Packer: The Puritan Conscience

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Thinking about the verse in Jude 1:24, being presented to God blameless and with great joy.

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There is such inexpressible and perpetual activity in the holy realms, it is breathtaking to think of. All heaven is working under command of our Holy God to ready for the Time. What time? The time when God says to Jesus, "Go get your bride!" And His deposit of our inheritance will be redeemed in full! (Ephesians 1:14; 2 Corinthians 1:22)

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Fascinating and inspiring history lesson on the first Bible printed in this hemisphere, Indian Praying Towns, and the missionary efforts of John Eliot.

Sources:

Massachusetts History

Book- The American Puritans by Dustin Benge and Nate Pickowicz

Wikipedia Indian Praying Towns

Native Northeast Portal: John Eliot

Native Northeast Portal: Margaret Tyndal Winthrop

The early Massachusetts press, 1638-1711, by George Emery Littlefield

Boston University/ History of Missiology: Puritan minister and pioneer missionary among Native Americans

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You know how some people jokingly say he or she 'broke the internet'? Well, Anne Hutchinson broke the colony. Listen in for how one woman almost singlehandedly ruined the nascent Massachusetts Bay Colony's Puritan experiment!

other entries in this series:

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After writing an intro to this series on Puritan Wives, and looking at Margaret Winthrop the other day, we have entry #2 in this series, Anne Bradstreet. A vibrant, talented woman, her poetic works still stand today as excellent pieces of literature we read and enjoy in these modern times.

Introduction to Puritan Wives: https://the-end-time.org/2018/09/24/puritan-wives-literate-capable-and-invisible-in-history/

Margaret Winthrop and her extraordinary letters: https://the-end-time.org/2024/04/19/puritan-wives-margaret-tyndal-winthrop-and-her-extraordinary-love-letters/

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Far from being dour, joyless drudges, Puritans were an amazing group of people- warm, vibrant, intellectual, and committed to God. Here, I show some insights into Margaret and John Winthrop's marriage, gleaned from some of the many love letters they wrote to each other.

Here are some further resources:

A Model of Christian Charity, sermon by John Winthrop

Some old Puritan love-letters: John and Margaret Winthrop, 1618-1638; ed. by Joseph Hopkins Twichell

Margaret Winthrop at encyclopedia.com

Puritan wives: literate, capable, and invisible in history?

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