Daily Bible Readings: Monday, October 25. Read Deuteronomy 6:1-5. 1) This text is called by the Jews the Shema because verse 4 begins with this word. “Hear” is, in Hebrew, …
211031 Weekly Devotional
Daily Bible Readings: Monday, October 18. Read Matthew 15:14-20. 1) Why did Jesus say the disciples should stay away from the Pharisees? 2) Name some characteristics of blindness that you draw from this …
211017 Weekly Devotional
Daily Bible Readings: Monday, October 11. Read Philippians 2:5-11. 1) To what mindset did Paul call the Philippian church? 2) Describe the nature of that mindset? How does it live? …
211010 Weekly Devotional
Daily Bible Readings: Monday, October 8. Read Ezekiel 33:30-33. 1) How does Ezekiel describe the people “come, sit, and hear?” 2) Who do they resemble in our own time? Tuesday, …
No One Likes the Product
The Jesus Creed is a Scot McKnight blog located on the Christianity Today website. The blog is named after McKnight’s popular book by the same name. In the article below …
211003 Weekly Devotional
Text for the Week – Psalm 8: This week’s devotional is meant to set the stage for Monika’s sermon on October 3, entitled “Who are you?” Included in this brief …
210926 Weekly Devotional
This is the weekly devotional for the week of 9/19-9/26. On Sunday the 26th Bev and I will be in Nashville, and we will be worshipping at the Otter Creek …
210919 Weekly Devotional
Daily Bible Readings: Monday, September 13. Read Matthew 26:26-29. 1) In the course of a meal, what did Jesus do with two of the elements of that meal – bread …
Dictionary’s Newest Words
Language is fluid, constantly changing. Some dictionaries publish an annual list of the new words that make it into their updated editions. For example, “selfie” was named word of the …
Roll up your sleeves!
Pictures collect after 53 years of marriage. And children dread the time when they will have to go through boxes and boxes of unlabeled snapshots, many of which they don’t …