You can find this week’s Scripture passage at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Kings+22%3A14-20&version=NRSV VI.First, let’s reread this week’s Scripture in 2 Kings 22:14-20. Now let’s take a few minutes to read some of 2 Kings 23 and notice what happens when King Josiah’s delegation … Continue reading
I.This week we turn our focus to the time of the one of Kings of Judah, Josiah, and a prophetess’ words for an inquiring King. First, take some time with this week’s Scripture and see what you notice in the … Continue reading
This week’s Scripture can be read at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%205%3A13-6%3A5%2C%2015-16%2C%2020&version=NRSV VII.Let’s take some time to slowly and deliberately go back to the first part of this passage and as best we can enter the scene and even try to visualize it as … Continue reading
This week’s Scripture can be read at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%205%3A13-6%3A5%2C%2015-16%2C%2020&version=NRSV IV.As you have spent time with this account you no doubt noticed the “big” and “loud” things as I did – the commander of the army of the Lord with a drawn … Continue reading
I.We come to another person identified as a prophet, Joshua. For a time, Moses’ understudy and then the leader of the people as they enter their land of promise. I invite you to read this passage with care. For many … Continue reading
You can find this week’s Scripture at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+18%3A15-22&version=NRSV VI.Let’s continue with the question I asked the other day – Has Moses’ promise that God will send prophets to his people (you and me?) been realized in your walk of faith? … Continue reading
You can find this week’s Scripture at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+18%3A15-22&version=NRSV IV.After telling the people who they should avoid, Moses promises the people they are not left without hope. They will have prophets to listen to and to follow. Keep in mind that … Continue reading
I.This passage comes after a few remarks (18:8-14) from Moses about who the people are not to follow, listen to, and allow to influence their lives (such as a “soothsayer,” “sorcerer,” “diviners,” those “who seek oracles from the dead,” or … Continue reading
You can read this week’s Scripture in both the New Revised Standard Version and The Message at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%2016%3A11-15%2C%2040%2C%201%20Corinthians%201%3A26-30&version=NRSV;MSG VI.Let’s focus on the passage from 1 Corinthians – 1 Corinthians 1:26-30 Consider your own call, brothers and sisters: not many of … Continue reading
You can read this week’s Scripture in both the New Revised Standard Version and The Message at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%2016%3A11-15%2C%2040%2C%201%20Corinthians%201%3A26-30&version=NRSV;MSG IV.Within days of the arrival of Paul and his companions in Philippi (apparently an important city of the region and the Empire) … Continue reading