Leviticus 5 – 7
February 14, 2016 (Sunday)
Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone. I hope your day is filled with goodness and love. In our reading today, we read about the “continual” or “perpetual” fire (6:12). A sign that our service to God should never stop.
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Leviticus 1 – 4
February 13, 2016 (Saturday)
So now we turn the pages to another book of the Bible. (That’s 3 books we’ve completed so far this year – yeah us!) So a little back ground on Leviticus.
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Mark 5
Once again we read of the man from whom Jesus cast out many demons. Remember, Jesus was on the southeastern shore of the sea of Galilee. In His day there were gentiles living there, not Jews. If they had been Jews, there certainly wouldn’t have been any pigs!
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Exodus 39 – 40
February 12, 2016 (Friday)
You may have noticed in our reading the details to making the priestly garments and how each item is brought before Moses and inspected by him, to make sure that it was done as commanded. He does this inspection before he
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Mark 4
“Why would Jesus deliberately talk to people in a way that He knew they wouldn’t understand?” Isn’t the point of His ministry to win people into the kingdom of God? How does talking in parables help with that?
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Exodus 36 – 38
February 11, 2016 (Thursday)
So God sets about getting His tabernacle built. He calls on certain people who have been given special skills to perform the work. 36:2 says “Then Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab and every gifted artisan in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, everyone
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Luke 8
I confess to deriving some pleasure from watching my co-pastor squirm when we encounter people or passages of scripture that encourage us toward a subordinate role for women in the church. It’s probably part of my carnal nature….
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Matthew 13
This passage begins with Jesus speaking about how we should grow, and concludes with images of what happens when we are fully grown. In other words, it speaks of planting and of harvesting.
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Luke 11
People are divided on the subject of knowing how to pray. Some recommend using a pattern (such as ACTS: Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) and others say to pray whatever comes into your mind. I suppose that a balance of both ways is the best idea.
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Matthew 11
I was talking with a fellow pastor a few weeks ago and he referenced this passage. We were talking about how God has been doing incredible things in our churches, and in our lives, and yet he found himself wondering if his faith was truly genuine. Can you imagine?
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