May you be blessed on this Christmas Day! The traditional Scripture reading for Christmas is the account found in the Gospel of Luke, Luke 2:1-20 –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2%3A1-20&version=NRSV Whether you are reading the above passage or our Scripture lesson for this week, … Continue reading
You can find this week’s Scripture at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%203%3A1-12&version=NRSV;CEB IV.I closed the last post with the question –“How would you name or describe the core of his call to others?” As I was considering my own question I realized different of … Continue reading
IV.During our last time together we worked on getting an overview of the first chapter of Proverbs and began to think about one of the essential themes in Proverbs – Wisdom. Today I want us to zero in on one … Continue reading
You can find this week’s Scripture here –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+22%3A1-10&version=NRSV VII.What have you heard from Jeremiah this week? Did you hear his call to justice and righteousness? Did you hear who he calls the King and Kingdom to act with justice and … Continue reading
IX. Nathan hears in the Word that comes to him – “Moreover I declare to you that the Lord will build you a house.” (1 Chronicles 17:10) And in David’s prayer of response we hear – “And now, O Lord, … Continue reading
IV. Today let’s turn our attention more to the uninvited guest, the woman, and the reactions her presence and actions seem to precipitate. Our narrator tells us she is “a woman in the city, who was a sinner” who when … Continue reading
VI. When we closed on Monday I asked for us to think about the different commands we “keep” and the different places these might arise from. If didn’t take me long on my drive to work to notice a lot … Continue reading