One-third of the four Gospels cover one week of Jesus’ life on earth. We have just celebrated Palm Sunday and are now well into Jesus’ Passion Week. Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 16th, at our 6:00 pm service, we will open Portals of Encounters, of what our Lord...
We are not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation. Acts is heating up, leading to Paul’s arrest in Jerusalem, Peter finishes his epistles, and we will read through John’s epistles. Numbers bring us to the second Passover, silver...
God has sent His Servant Jesus to bless us. To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities. Act 3:36 Sometimes, a scripture remains hidden until a set time. I believe the Lord has...
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. We are in Acts, James, 1 Peter, and 2 Peter this week. In two weeks, we will begin the New Testament for the second time. We continue our journey through Leviticus and Psalms. Priests, prophets, and kings are...
It is impossible to be separated from the love of God. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us...
Acts, Hebrews, Leviticus, Psalms, and Jeremiah … what a week we have ahead. When we read the Bible, we are doing more than reading facts, we are encountering God: the word that He spoke, made flesh, and brought forth all creation. Jesus the Word upholds and gathers...
Jubilee is on the move, but we do not yet know where we are going. There are some exciting transitions and big changes on our horizon! Two Sundays ago (March 16th), Brian and I shared the entire update on our current building, the prospect of another location,...
The heart is made to be filled. Fill it with His word and it will keep you. Last week we began Jeremiah. In the first six chapters, the Lord has called Jeremiah to show Israel its departure from the covenant that the Lord had made. Departure through idolatry, which to...
Our life is hidden with Christ, in God. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. Colossians 2:9, 10 Everything we need is found in Christ Jesus. We are found in Christ Jesus,...
All Scripture is given by the inspiration of God. We are in our 12th week of reading together in the Scriptures. Grace to everyone, freedom to begin again, no debts to be paid in make-up readings, and always the New Testament first. If things bog down, read the New...
