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I.“ … do not worry… ” That would be a good thing, not to spend time with an unproductive activity like worrying. But how do we get there? It’s one thing to be told to stop something, but maybe another … Continue reading
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The focus passage in the NRSV translation can be found at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+18%3A1-9%2C+30-32&version=NRSV VII.As we look at this passage today, I invite you to focus on those sentences that offer some descriptions of what a righteous life might look like, Ezekiel … Continue reading
VII.In the Scripture passage we read this week, what did Isaiah see and hear in his day that led him to believe the people were not on the path of covenant life with God? Maybe we could make a list. … Continue reading
This link will take you to our Scripture focus for the week-https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+29%3A13-24&version=NRSV IV.I have often become frustrated with Scripture passages like this one and like I see so often in the Psalms. There is some part of me that wants … Continue reading
To refresh your reading of this Scripture passage you can follow this link to the passage in the New Revised Standard Version and The Message –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2053%3A4-11&version=NRSV;MSG V.I asked in the last post to consider Jesus’ years with his followers and … Continue reading
You can find this week’s focus Scripture at – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Kings+22%3A14-20&version=NRSV And if you want read 2 Kings 23 here is a link – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%2023&version=NRSV VII. After Josiah had heard the book of the covenant read to him, and after he … 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 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
Welcome to a New Year, 2021. VII.As you take a moment to turn your attention to this week’s Scripture passage –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%204%3A14-22&version=NRSV;MSG Pay particular attention to – “…to set the burdened and battered free, to announce, ‘This is God’s year to … Continue reading
This week’s Scripture can be read at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%204%3A14-22&version=NRSV;MSG IV.Spend some time with the portions of Isaiah our Gospel text references – “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,because he has anointed meto bring good news to the poor.He has … Continue reading