Just Ponder
Sixth Sunday in Easter: Gospel, John 15:9-17 John 15:9-17 It seems to me I have been a bit wordy in several of my latest offerings so I am giving you a break. Not from all activities...
Overcomers
Sixth Sunday in Easter: Epistle, 1 John 5:1-8 1 John 5:1-8 What in the world has happened to the world? Our world? Now, in the answer I am going to give to the preceding questions I...
He Is
Sixth Sunday in Easter: First Lesson, Acts 10:34-48 Acts 10:34-48 Easy reading this week. Not the Bible text, but my text. Now I’m going to lift a phrase from the first reading so I want you all to be good students of Scripture...
Dependence
Fifth Sunday in Easter: Gospel, John 15:1-8 John 15:1-8 So familiar. So quoted and referenced. This is one of those Bible texts that many millions have committed to memory. Or at least portions of...
Warning!
Fifth Sunday in Easter: Epistle, 1 John 4:1-11 1 John 4:1-11 First John is primarily about the love of God in Jesus. And about the walking out of our new lives in that received love. So it could be...
Teachability
Fifth Sunday in Easter: First Lesson, Acts 8:26-40 Acts 8:26-40 When you teach God’s Word as your vocation your greatest desire, at least my greatest desire, is not that your students gain great insight...
One Flock
Fourth Sunday in Easter: Gospel, John 10:11-18 John 10:11-18 Read. Consider. Ponder. Pray. This passage and the larger piece of which it is a part (John 10:1-18) speaks powerfully to what I...
Security
Fourth Sunday in Easter: Epistle, 1 John 3:16-24 1 John 3:16-24 One of the great needs of the human person is to feel secure, safe, and that things are settled. Now, granted not all of those...
Pointing in the Right Direction
Fourth Sunday in Easter: First Lesson, Acts 4:1-12 Acts 4:1-12 Peter and John are under arrest for preaching the resurrection. That’s no surprise, especially in the...
The Proof is in the Eating
Third Sunday in Easter: Gospel, Luke 24:36-49 Luke 24:36-49 Jesus was busy on the evening of His resurrection. A walk with friends on the road to Emmaus. And if that wasn’t enough for newly...
