ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSeptember 12, 2021Scripture: Isaiah 2:2In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; all the nations shall stream to it. Thought for the Day: I have always found Isaiah to be both hopeful and discomforting. Though no one knows for sure, it might have been Isaiah’s intention to hold those
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSeptember 11, 2021Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:15-17So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions we taught you, whether we taught you in person or through our letter. Our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and a good hope. May he encourage your hearts and give you strength in every good thing you
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSeptember 10, 2021Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:7b-8Train yourself for a holy life! While physical training has some value, training in holy living is useful for everything. It has promise for this life now and the life to come. Thought for the Day: On this day in 1960, Abebe Bikila, a runner from Ethiopia, won the Gold Medal in the Olympic Marathon, doing so in World Record Time. Now
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSeptember 9, 2021Scripture: Zephaniah 3:9Then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of the LORD and serve him shoulder to shoulder. Thought for the Day: As I was working on my sermon for Sunday, I came across these words. Let me confess that I do not spend a lot of time in Zephaniah, yet my attention was
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSeptember 8, 2021Scripture: Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost. Thought for the Day: This verse comes at the end of the Zacchaeus story in which Jesus invited himself to the home of Zacchaeus for a meal that would forever change Zacchaeus’ life. We’re not too sure if Jesus said the above words or whether it was the narrator,
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSeptember 7, 2021Scripture: Proverbs 18:9One who is slack in work is close kin to a vandal. Thought for the Day: Yesterday, on Labor Day, I was thinking a lot about those whose labor is extraordinarily hard, but whose work is not valued. Throughout my ministry, I have known folks who worked long hours, taking a second or third job, yet having a hard time making ends meet.
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSeptember 6, 2021Prayer for the Week:May your church, the community empowered by your Holy Spirit, forever be committed to Jesus and his ways.Within your church, may my gifts empowered by your Holy Spirit, be forever committed to serving Jesus Christ.Through your church, may the world come to know your limitless love forever embracing the lost and forsaken.May your church, Cypress Creek Christian Church, the place where I
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSeptember 5, 2021Scripture: Jeremiah 10:1-5Listen to the word that the LORD has spoken to you, people of Israel! The LORD proclaims: Don’t follow the ways of the nations or be troubled by signs in the sky, even though the nations are troubled by them. The rituals of the nations are hollow: a tree from the forest is chopped down and shaped by the craftsman’s tools. It’s overlaid
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSeptember 4, 2021Scripture: Exodus 38:1-3He made the altar for entirely burned offerings out of acacia wood. The altar was square, seven and a half feet long and seven and a half feet wide. It was four and a half feet high. He made horns for it, one horn on each of its four corners. Its horns were attached to the altar, and he covered it with copper.
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGSeptember 3, 2021Scripture: Leviticus 1:17He will then tear the bird open by its wings, without splitting it. The priest will completely burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the altar fire. It is an entirely burned offering, a food gift of soothing smell to the LORD. Thought for the Day: This is how the section on Burnt Offerings ends in Leviticus 1. The