Author Archives: Bryan Hodge

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About Bryan Hodge

I am a minister and missionary to numerous countries around the world.

Feeding Elijah and Elisha

Elijah (my God is Jehovah) and Elisha (my God is salvation) were, in some ways, very different. Consider: (1) There is no evidence that Elijah came from a wealthy background. Elisha seems to have been. He plowed with twelve yokes … Continue reading

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Multiplying Bread

“Then a man cam from Baal Shalisha, and brought the Man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and newly ripened grain in his knapsack. And he said, ‘Give it to the people, that they may … Continue reading

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Death in the Pot

“And Elisha returned to Gilgal… and he said to his servant, ‘Put on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.’ So one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, … Continue reading

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Baking Up Sin

Hosea 7 uses the metaphor of a baker and baking to describe the people of Israel. Let us notice. 1. “They are all adulterers. Like an oven heated by a baker – he ceases stirring the fire after kneading the … Continue reading

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Remember Your Creator

“Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth” (Ecclesiastes 12:1). The writer goes on to say in effect, “Do so before…” 1. The Light goes out. “While the sun and the light, the moon and the stars, are … Continue reading

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From Swine’s Food to Fatted Calf

“But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in the land, and he began to be in want. The he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields … Continue reading

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Unleavened Bread and Bitter Herbs

“Then they shall eat the flesh on that night roasted in the fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.” (Exodus 12:8). Passover This concerns the eating of the Passover meal (pesach seder). Three items are … Continue reading

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Daniel Ate His Veggies

“Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank…So Daniel said to the steward … ‘Please test your servants for ten days, and let … Continue reading

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Sweeter Than Honey

“I have treasured the word of His mouth more than my necessary food” (Job 23:12). “More to be desired are they than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb” (Psalm 19:10). “It is written, … Continue reading

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Love Those Lentils!

“Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary. And Esau said to Jacob, ‘Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.’ Therefore his name was called Edom. But … Continue reading

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