Scripture: Genesis 1:1-5 When God began to create the heavens and the earth— the earth was without shape or form, it was dark over the deep sea, and God’s wind swept over the waters—God said, “Let there be light.” And so light appeared. God saw how good the light was. God separated the light from the darkness. God named the light Day and the darkness Night. There was
Scripture: Luke 9:18 Once when Jesus was praying alone, with only the disciples near him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” Thought for the Day: The Confessing Church was a group of Christians who stood against the Nazi’s during WWII. In his 1936 lecture, “The Presentation of New Testament Texts,” Dietrich Bonhoeffer proposed an alternative strategy of reading Scripture. Instead of questioning the
Scripture: Psalm 46:2 (the Message) God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him. We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in sea-storm and earthquake… Thought for the Day: I’ve never put the words hide and fearless together. When people hide, I tend not to think of them as fearless. With that said, I was out for a run years ago
Scripture: John 3:20 All who do wicked things hate the light and don’t come to the light for fear that their actions will be exposed to the light. Thought for the Day: What scares you? What frightens you? It is interesting how the answer to that question has probably changed some throughout life. Depending on your age, what you said half your lifetime ago is not what you
Scripture: Luke 7:18-22 The disciples of John reported all these things to him. So John summoned two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” When the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who is
Scripture: John 1:15-16 John testified about him, crying out, “This is the one of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than me because he existed before me.’” From his fullness we have all received grace upon grace; Thought for the Day: What does it mean to speak of grace upon grace? The Greek word we translate as grace is Charis. It means a number
WEDNESDAY STUDY NOON & 6:30PM Scripture: John 1:8-9 He [John] himself wasn’t the light, but his mission was to testify concerning the light. The true light that shines on all people was coming into the world. Thought for the Day: As I work through the opening chapter of John’s Gospel as part of our Wednesday study, I am drawn to the description of the light – how
Scripture: Proverb 4:25 Focus your eyes straight ahead; keep your gaze on what is in front of you. Thought for the Day: My friend, Rev. Michael Junkroski, posted the following quote. It has spoken through the smoke screen of blame that Christianity has so often attempted to use. In our current culture, we need to recognize where we have been the source of our own demise. Prayer: May
Scripture: Luke 4:17-19 The synagogue assistant gave Jesus the scroll from the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to preach good news to the poor, to proclaim release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to liberate the oppressed,
Scripture: Psalm 37:5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. Thought for the Day: Do I commit to the ways of the Lord so that the Lord will act? It sure sounds like a nice formula, but God isn’t a formula. And there is a real danger in approaching God as a formula. Suddenly, it is no longer a relationship where both