Category Archives: Bible Verse Poll

Our final. Two Luke passages have emerged, one from the Passion, the other post-Resurrection: Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. (Luke 23:42b) “Were not our hearts burning [within us] while he spoke to us on the way … Continue reading →

Bible verses seven, eight, and nine: line up: The second of two entries from the Psalms: Be still and know that I am God! The second of two entries from Saint Paul: So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but … Continue reading →

Our second match-up of the Numinous Nine features our second consecutive Luke-John pairing. The wild card today is Galatians. Saint Paul has only four poll successes out of twenty so far, so we’ll see if our equality before God has any legs: … Continue reading →

The Numinous Nine are set. Over the next three days, we’ll get a chance to whittle nine Scripture verses into a final Trinity. The pairings include Saturday’s: 1 Cor 13:13/Ps 46:11a/Mt 11:28 and tomorrow’s Jn 1:1/Lk 24:32b/Gal 3:28 Today’s trio … Continue reading →

Let’s wrap up the Twilling Twenty-Seven with this matchup of two Old Testament passages with another of the Lord’s “I am” declarations. Jesus first: I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will … Continue reading →

In today’s Twilling Twenty-Seven matchup, a difficult dilemma for us Catholics. How do you choose between the seed of the Our Father and the first half of the Hail Mary? From the Annunciation in Luke: And coming to her, he … Continue reading →

Two Old Testament barge into today’s matchup. First a minor prophet, with a not-so-minor message: You have been told, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requires of you; Only to do the right and to love goodness, and … Continue reading →

Saint Paul’s third and final entry in this round-of-27: So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love. So far, so good, for the apostle to the Gentiles, at least in the Twilling Twenty-Seven. Though … Continue reading →

In today’s Twilling Twenty-Seven matchup, the exuberant reaction to a most unexpected victory: Then Moses and the Israelites sanga this song to the Lord: I will sing to the Lord, for he is gloriously triumphant; horse and chariot he has … Continue reading →

In today’s Twilling Twenty-Seven matchup, one verse from each of the categories. For the Gospel entry, not Jesus’ words, but that of the “good” thief: Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. And Saint Paul about Jesus: He … Continue reading →

The third pairing in the Twilling Twenty-Seven brings a dilemma: how can you cut Jesus? Sunday one of his quotes was listed. And yesterday two of the three. Today we have a head-on with passages from the gospels of Matthew, … Continue reading →

Sorry for the tardiness on today’s entry. I had a few technical difficulties with WordPress, otherwise a very reliable site for what we do here. Anyway, I got the poll thingie working again. One of only three passages from Saint … Continue reading →

Ta-da: Our first pairing of the Twilled Twenty-Seven. Two of these passages weathered close polling in the first round, but one was a runaway winner, the opening line of the 27th Psalm: The Lord is my light and my salvation; … Continue reading →

The Ethereal Eighty-One Bible verses have been sifted into the Twilled Twenty-Seven. From here, we will continue with daily voting as these Bible verses are reduced to nine. From there to three. Then the most popular, at least from among … Continue reading →