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
Please take some time today to go back to these several passages and spend time considering them. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%202%3A36-38%2C%20Acts%202%3A16-21%2C%2021%3A8-9&version=NRSV,MSG V.Who is included in God’s work? I am not thinking of who God “works on” or “works in” but who is called … Continue reading
I.For this week we have three Scripture passages (four if you count the reference to Joel 2:28-32 in Acts) set in front of us. As you consider these words let them rest with you for a while then reread them, … Continue reading
You can find this week’s Scripture passage at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=hosea+11%2C+12&version=NRSV VII.So what have you noticed after spending time with this passage from Hosea? Read through the passage again and if you made some notes regarding the four things I encouraged you … Continue reading
You can find this week’s Scripture passage at –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=hosea+11%2C+12&version=NRSV IV.Let’s take time today and tomorrow to read through this passage a couple of times and I’ll suggest four things for you to look for. It would be good to make … Continue reading
You can this week’s Scripture here –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+22%3A1-10&version=NRSV IV.A couple of things particularly caught my attention this week. In last week’s reading Jeremiah told the King “… deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed…” (Jeremiah 21:12). … Continue reading
I.We continue this week listening to the Prophet Jeremiah. We’ll start this week as we do most weeks, placing this week’s passage in front of us, reading it slowly and with care so we hear the words of the Prophet … Continue reading
You can find Jeremiah 21:8-14 here –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+21%3A8-14&version=NRSV VII.Let’s see, what was the second question –How do we know what in a Scripture passage is time/place specific and what should be universalized as we understand our lives lived as God’s people? … Continue reading
You can find Jeremiah 21:8-14 here –https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+21%3A8-14&version=NRSV IV.When we left off the other day, I asked you to consider two questions – 1. How do we handle disappointment with God? 2. How do we know what in a Scripture passage … Continue reading