Welcome!
Welcome to my blog where I will be posting previously written articles and new articles. There are many topics in my archives, that I look forward to sharing with you, that covers a broad spectrum of subjects. Feel free to share these writings with your friends and family using Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, etc. Feel free to reprint any of these articles in its entirety in bulletins and newsletters. When you do, please cite this website -http://bryanhodge.net. It is my hope that you will find these articles informative and encouraging. Check back often for new postings or, better yet, I invite you to subscribe to my blog. I would also appreciate your comments or emails.
Thank you for your visit!
~Bryan
-
Categories
Tag Archives: king’s delicacies
Don’t Get Too Comfortable
“When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you; and put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite. Do not desire his delicacies for they are deceptive food” … Continue reading
Posted in food, Hospitality, Money, Priorities, Proverbs
Tagged 1 Timothy 6:10, 2 Timothy 4:10, book of proverbs, coercion, Colossians 3:1-2, compromise, deceitful hospitality, demas, dependence, desire, desire for delicacies, dignity, dont get too comfortable, ego, esting with kings, esv study bible, food, gluttony, Hebrews 11:24-26, Hospitality, ideology, judas, king's delicacies, king's food, knife to throat, luxury, m.i.c.e., manipulative hospitality, Mark 8:36-37, Matthew 26:14-16, money, priorities, Proverbs 21:17, Proverbs 23:1-3, Proverbs 23:4, Proverbs 23:6-7, self control, the love of money
1 Comment
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
Posted in Faith, food, Meaning and Purpose, prophets
Tagged abednego, aku, azariah, babylonian captivity, bel, belteshazzar, blood, book of Daniel, calf, captive, change names, daniel, Daniel 1:8-16, devotion, eating meat, eggs, eunuchs, faith, far from home, fish, hananiah, idolatry, king's delicacies, lamb, meshach, milk, mishael, names, nebuchadnezzar, nego, pagan names, purpose, purpose in heart, quail, shadrach, unclean food, vegan, vegetarian, vegetibles, veggies, wayne jackson, when in rome, wine
4 Comments