Scripture: Matthew 11:2-11 2 When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples 3 and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” 4 Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: 5 the blind receive their sight,... Continue Reading →
Hope in Daniel 7: The True Human vs. the Beasts
Scripture: Daniel 7:1-3, 13-18 In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head as he lay in bed. Then he wrote down the dream: 2 I, Daniel, saw in my vision by night the four winds of heaven stirring up the great sea, 3 and four great beasts... Continue Reading →
Text for the Week: Endorsing Life
Scripture: 1 John 3:11-18 11 This is the message you have heard from the beginning: Love one another. 12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own works were evil, while those of his brother were righteous. 13 Do not be surprised,... Continue Reading →
Text for the Week: Giving Good Things
Scripture: Matthew 7:7-12 7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 Is there anyone among you who, if your child asked... Continue Reading →
Text for the Week: The People and the Name
Scripture: Exodus 20:1-11 Then God spoke all these words: 2 I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 You must have no other gods before me. 4 Do not make an idol for yourself—no form whatsoever—of anything in the sky above or on the earth below or... Continue Reading →
Text for the Week: Enduring the Irritation
Scripture 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 CEB Brothers and sisters, I want you to be sure of the fact that our ancestors were all under the cloud and they all went through the sea. 2 All were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3 All ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same... Continue Reading →
Squinting in the Light 