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A Warning Against Idleness
The New Testament reading for Sunday, November 16 is from 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13. It is the apostle Paul’s second letter to the church in...
BE ASSURED…..WE’RE GOING HOME
In Luke 20, Luke describes how for the third time in this chapter, the Sadducees try to trap Jesus inHis words. Rejecting the doctrine of the...
For His Glory: The Lost, Found, and Kept
The three readings this week tell the full arc of redemption. From rebellion to rescue to perseverance, the historical story of redemption unfolds....
But God…….
BUT GOD….. I once listened to a sermon by a noted Pastor/Theologian that really stuck with me. His whole message was based on his contention that...
Faithless Yet Not Forsaken: Glorifying the God Who Cannot Deny Himself
This week’s readings tell one story through many voices: the story of a faithful God who acts toward a faithless people. From Naaman’s resistance to...
Trust in the Lord
The three Bible readings for Sunday, October 5th contain a common theme of trust in the Lord, but from three different perspectives. Habakkuk 1:1-4...
AT EASE IN ZION
Luke 16: 19-31; Amos 6:1a, 4-7; Psalm 146; I Timothy 6:6-19. Luke 16 tells the story about the rich man and Lazarus. Recall, the rich man loved...
Faithfulness With What We’ve Been Given
This week’s readings invite us to wrestle with one of Jesus’s most difficult parables and one of life’s most persistent questions: What do we do...
God’s Grace and Mercy is for all – really!
Sunday’s readings included Exodus 32:7-14 from the Old Testament and 1 Timothy 1:12-17 from the New Testament. Both passages deal with the unbelief...
Pride Before Destruction
Luke 14: 1, 7-14; Philemon 1:1-21; Jeremiah 18:1-11; Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Psalm 1 Pride and self-serving motives can be very...