Sure Thing
Proper 28: Old Testament, Zephaniah 1:7-16 Zephaniah 1:7-16 We all like a “sure thing.” Something that we can count on. A friend perhaps, who we know will come through whenever a call goes out...
Light Source
Proper 27: Gospel, Matthew 25:1-13 Matthew 25:1-13 Jesus is in the midst of calling our attention to last things in the final great discourse in Matthew...
Who Ya Lookin’ For?
Proper 27: Epistle, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Paul loved the church at Thessalonica. Now, he loved all the believers wherever he labored. But you can pick up on a special affinity for...
None to Help
Proper 27: Old Testament, Amos 5:18-24 Amos 5:18-24 “The day of the LORD.” In Scripture it doesn’t take long to see that the particular...
Portrait
All Saints (Observed): Gospel, Matthew 5:1-12 Matthew 5:1-12 What Christian has not been drawn and frankly challenged by Jesus' imitable “Sermon on the Mount”? Matthew chapters 5-7 encapsulate so much...
Hope’s Target
All Saints (Observed): Epistle, 1 John 3:1-3 1 John 3:1-3 This epistle is my “creeper". I refer to it that way because the first epistle of the beloved disciple was a...
Am I Listening?
All Saints (Observed): First Reading, Revelation 2:9-17 Revelation 2:9-17 Near the beginning of the final book of the Bible we find seven letters. Letters to churches that existed in the ancient world. Separated we are from them by centuries of...
Bondage
Reformation: Gospel, John 8:31-36 John 8:31-36 Jesus has just expounded the fact that He is the Light of the world. A description given to Torah, to the...
Dive In
Reformation: Second Reading, Romans 3:19-28 Romans 3:19-28 Every so often I refrain from writing much of anything as commentary. This is one of those occasions. I am simply going to challenge you to read this bit of Romans perhaps several days in a...
Pulling Out All the Stops
Reformation: First Reading, Revelation 14:6-7 Revelation 14:6-7 God never reaches a point of desperation. In the sense that we might when we’re on our way to the grocery store before it...
