Key Text: 1 Kings 18:17 When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?” Are you a troublemaker? I don’t usually like to think of myself that way. Even as a preacher, a pastoral counselor, and a blogger, I don’t like to think that I “trouble” people’s minds about… Continue reading How To Cause Trouble
Month: June 2015
The Day Is Yours
Key Text: Psalm 74:12-17 But God is my King from long ago; He brings salvation on the earth. It was you who split open the sea by your power; You broke the heads of the monster in the waters. It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave it as… Continue reading The Day Is Yours
Family Ties
Key Text: Mark 3:31-35 Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you.” And he replied, “Who are my mother and my… Continue reading Family Ties
Good Soil
Key Text: Luke 8:4-8 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up. Some fell… Continue reading Good Soil
Real Might
Key Text: Psalm 50:1 The Mighty One, God, the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to where it sets. The world loves a heavy-weight. Culture after culture, from the first, most primitive tribes, to the great metropolitan cities, strength has been admired. The Olympic athletes; the great warriors of… Continue reading Real Might
Keeping Watch
Key Texts: Psalm 130:1-6 Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord; Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence,… Continue reading Keeping Watch
Do You Want To Get Well?
Key Texts: John 5:1-18 Sometime later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame,… Continue reading Do You Want To Get Well?
Is Anybody Listening?
Key Texts: Psalm 78:1-4 My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old— things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us. We will not hide them from their… Continue reading Is Anybody Listening?
What is it?
Key Texts: Exodus 16:13-17 That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor. When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?”… Continue reading What is it?
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