Feb 9, 2025
Scripture Reading: 1 Chronicles 21:18-27
Following David’s sin of proudly taking an unnecessary census in Israel (1 Chr 21:1-17), God sent a pestilence on the land in judgment. When David repented of his sin, he desired to offer God a sacrifice of contrition. When King David came to the appointed place, the owner of...
Feb 3, 2025
Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 11:17-35
Selfishness was rotting the church at Corinth. Like the Greek mythological character Narcissus who loved his own reflection so much that he died while glaring at it, narcissism plagued the Corinthian church. They used Spirit-enabled gifts to feed their own ego rather than build...
Jan 26, 2025
Scripture Reading: Matthew 28:16-20
How big is your view of God? Then, how does your view of God color or affect your life? Too often, our theology is divorced from our lifestyle. If your theology doesn’t change your life, how much do you really believe it?
In one of Jesus’s last discussions with his disciples,...
Jan 19, 2025
Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 24:1-7
In 1 Samuel 24 (as well as 1 Sam 26) we have an amazing story of mercy and restraint and faith. As he ran for his very life from a murderous King Saul, David encountered two occasions in which he could have taken the life of his jealous pursuer. David’s men even encouraged him to...
Jan 13, 2025
Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 23:1-14
We see in this story of David’s flight from Saul an interesting and very significant dynamic. David was doing everything humanly possible to elude King Saul, who was bent on putting an end to David’s life. He hid in the wilderness and in the hills (1 Sam 23:14) . . . he received...