Read Luke 1:46b-55 here Today is the third Sunday of Advent as I’m sure everyone is well aware. And Advent is that season preceding Christmas where we anticipate the coming of Jesus Christ. In Advent, … Read More
Advent II 2023
Read Isaiah 40: 1-11 here. Read 2 Peter 3:8-15a here. The scripture passages from the Lectionary for today, the second Sunday of Advent, were Psalm 85 and Mark 1:1-8. The Psalm, in very brief, speaks … Read More
1 Corinthians 16
Read the passage here. Today is our last Sunday in the letter of 1 Corinthians. And you will note that the bulk of the chapter is closing thoughts and housekeeping matters. As such, I thought … Read More
1 Corinthians 15: 35-58
Read the passage here. Our passage today continues chapter 15 which we began last week. And last week, we identified the specific issue governing the chapter at v. 12b: “…how can some of you say … Read More
1 Corinthians 15: 1-34
Read the passage here. Chapter 15 constitutes the last major section of 1 Corinthians. Because of the length of the passage, we’re going to look at it in two parts. However, even then, there’s an … Read More
Psalm 107 – by Barrett Horne
Reminded of who God is and what God has done and is doing A friend noted recently that I seem to have a need to be right. And it’s true. I can be insensitively stubborn … Read More
1 Corinthians 14: 26-40
Read the passage here. Our passage today is the last part of chapter 14, which as we have said is the last part of chapters 12-14. We are separating out these last 15 verses because: … Read More
1 Corinthians 14: 1-25
Read the passage here. Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been continuing our journey through 1 Corinthians, looking at chapters 12-14, in particular. As you recall, these chapters involve Paul dealing with questions around … Read More
1 Corinthians 13
Read the passage here. Today we’re looking at 1 Corinthians 13, which is probably one of the more familiar scripture passages for most people. However, as we noted last week, it’s probably also one of … Read More
1 Corinthians 12
Read the passage here. Today we’re picking up our study of 1 Corinthians at chapter 12. Because it’s quite a lot of text, let’s jump straight in. But before we consider our verses in particular, … Read More