Ethan
@deverbovitae.com
Evangelist @venicechurchofchrist.org , Los Angeles, CA. Trying to follow Jesus and bring His reign to bear on the world. 1w9. Chalcedon compliant; socially "liberal", theologically "conservative." He/him.
"He must increase, but I must decrease" (John 3:30).
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"He must increase, but I must decrease" (John 3:30).
But when [John the Baptist] saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, "Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?" (Matthew 3:7)
December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
But when [John the Baptist] saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, "Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?" (Matthew 3:7)
Then went out unto [John the Baptist] Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about the Jordan; and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins (Matthew 3:5-6).
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Then went out unto [John the Baptist] Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about the Jordan; and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins (Matthew 3:5-6).
For [John the Baptist] is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight" (Matthew 3:3).
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight" (Matthew 3:3).
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
For [John the Baptist] is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight" (Matthew 3:3).
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight" (Matthew 3:3).
The Letter of #Jeremiah can be found in the Septuagint, and as Baruch 6 in the Latin Vulgate and many English translations of the Apocrypha.
What is it about? What should we make of it?
The Letter of Jeremiah
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/letterjeremiah/
What is it about? What should we make of it?
The Letter of Jeremiah
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/letterjeremiah/
November 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Letter of #Jeremiah can be found in the Septuagint, and as Baruch 6 in the Latin Vulgate and many English translations of the Apocrypha.
What is it about? What should we make of it?
The Letter of Jeremiah
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/letterjeremiah/
What is it about? What should we make of it?
The Letter of Jeremiah
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/letterjeremiah/
In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven (Matthew 5:16).
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven (Matthew 5:16).
Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat (2 Thessalonians 3:12).
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat (2 Thessalonians 3:12).
Monday Miscellany!
This week:
- against #sexualization of children
- #immodesty
- #Bible readings
- Book review: #Alaska, climate change
Please read, share, and subscribe!
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This week:
- against #sexualization of children
- #immodesty
- #Bible readings
- Book review: #Alaska, climate change
Please read, share, and subscribe!
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November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Monday Miscellany!
This week:
- against #sexualization of children
- #immodesty
- #Bible readings
- Book review: #Alaska, climate change
Please read, share, and subscribe!
open.substack.com/pub/deverbov...
This week:
- against #sexualization of children
- #immodesty
- #Bible readings
- Book review: #Alaska, climate change
Please read, share, and subscribe!
open.substack.com/pub/deverbov...
Maybe we shouldn't have to say it, but unfortunately we do.
Christians should stand against any and all forms of sexualization of children.
Against the Sexualization of Children
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/againstsexualization/
Christians should stand against any and all forms of sexualization of children.
Against the Sexualization of Children
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/againstsexualization/
November 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Maybe we shouldn't have to say it, but unfortunately we do.
Christians should stand against any and all forms of sexualization of children.
Against the Sexualization of Children
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/againstsexualization/
Christians should stand against any and all forms of sexualization of children.
Against the Sexualization of Children
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/againstsexualization/
Let your beauty not be external – the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes – but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God's sight (1 Peter 3:3-4).
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Let your beauty not be external – the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes – but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God's sight (1 Peter 3:3-4).
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing (1 Timothy 2:9).
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing (1 Timothy 2:9).
The end of #Numbers anticipates all #God would accomplish through Israel in the Book of #Joshua. Why would Numbers end in this way?
Camps, Land, and Cities | Numbers 33:1-35:34, 36:13
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/campslandcities/
Camps, Land, and Cities | Numbers 33:1-35:34, 36:13
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/campslandcities/
November 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The end of #Numbers anticipates all #God would accomplish through Israel in the Book of #Joshua. Why would Numbers end in this way?
Camps, Land, and Cities | Numbers 33:1-35:34, 36:13
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/campslandcities/
Camps, Land, and Cities | Numbers 33:1-35:34, 36:13
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/campslandcities/
Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit. For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either. But if we have food and shelter, we will be satisfied with that (1 Timothy 6:6-8).
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit. For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either. But if we have food and shelter, we will be satisfied with that (1 Timothy 6:6-8).
Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
Then [Jesus] said to them, "Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions" (Luke 12:15).
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Then [Jesus] said to them, "Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions" (Luke 12:15).
"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor" (Exodus 20:17).
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor" (Exodus 20:17).
How can we work out our #salvation, but it is #God willing and working in us? What is #Paul trying to say to the Philippians?
Working Out God's Work | #Philippians 2:12-18
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/workingoutgodswork/
Working Out God's Work | #Philippians 2:12-18
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/workingoutgodswork/
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
How can we work out our #salvation, but it is #God willing and working in us? What is #Paul trying to say to the Philippians?
Working Out God's Work | #Philippians 2:12-18
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/workingoutgodswork/
Working Out God's Work | #Philippians 2:12-18
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/workingoutgodswork/
Little children, guard yourselves from idols (1 John 5:21).
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Little children, guard yourselves from idols (1 John 5:21).
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen (Romans 1:25).
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen (Romans 1:25).
For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God (Ephesians 5:5).
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God (Ephesians 5:5).
"You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below" (Exodus 20:3-4).
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below" (Exodus 20:3-4).
Can we discern the #Gospel in the general #letters of the New Testament?
The Gospel in the General Letters
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/gospelgeneralletters/
The Gospel in the General Letters
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/gospelgeneralletters/
November 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Can we discern the #Gospel in the general #letters of the New Testament?
The Gospel in the General Letters
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/gospelgeneralletters/
The Gospel in the General Letters
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/gospelgeneralletters/
I don't even know what this means, but ok
November 2, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I don't even know what this means, but ok
October 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM