Today’s reading is Psalm 24 Today’s Psalm has to it three basic movements. Verses 1-2 remind us who’s the earth is. Verses 3-6 tell us who will see the LORD. And verses 7-10 are of praise to God. In the first … Continue reading
Today’s reading is John 3: 22-30 It would have been easy for John the Baptist to have resented Jesus. I mean, he was out there preaching, baptizing, do all this hard work. Everything was going great. People were turning from their … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 19: 41-48 Today’s reading produces one of my favorite funny sayings – Why people ask you what would Jesus do, always remember making a whip and flipping over tables is an option! Today’s story is quite informative, though. … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 10: 21-42 Today we see one of the great parables of our faith, the good Samaritan. So much here to unpack. We see the priest and the Levite pass up the injured man, and we are critical of … Continue reading
Luke 4: 31-44 Today we see a contrast with yesterday. In yesterday’s reading, Jesus came to His hometown and the people there rejected Him. The could not believe that He was actually the Messiah, the one sent by God to … Continue reading
As I was reading today’s readings, something caught my attention from a book of the Bible that I typically don’t turn to. That’s why it is good to have a plan of reading scripture that isn’t just books or concepts … Continue reading
I wanted to share with you a few thoughts from my sermon yesterday. Our passage was one of the more interesting passages in all the Bible, Jesus cleansing the Temple. We read from John 2: 14-16: 14 In the temple he found … Continue reading
We live in a world of divided attention. We live in a world of multitasking. We can be reading emails, texting, on social media, and listening to music, all at the same time. So many of us today are always … Continue reading
Some of our Old Testament daily readings for the next while will include portions from Judges. Judges is one of the more fascinating (and saddest) books in the Old Testament. The people have crossed over the Jordan into the Promised Land, … Continue reading
Today is Mondy of Holy Week, the week that starts with Palm Sunday, and leads us towards Easter. Each of day this week we’ll take a look at part of what happened to Jesus and reflect upon what is it … Continue reading
