Tag Archives: old testament prophets

The Great Escape

PSALM 124:1-8 / SECOND READING JAMES 5:13-20  Have you ever made a seriously “great escape” in your life? I guess it could be an escape from a place or a moment or even a person who you felt threatened by in … Continue reading

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The Servant of All

OK all you women out there – do you hear what the scripture is clearly saying? Get to work! There’s wool and flax to be spun – food to be harvested, stored and prepared! Don’t be lazy, get out of bed … Continue reading

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The Word on Our Words

PSALM 19:1-14 / SECOND READING JAMES 3:1-12   1The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. 2Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge. 3There is no speech, nor are there words; … Continue reading

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To Whom Can We Go?

FIRST READING 1 KINGS 8:(1, 6, 10-11) 22-30 / GOSPEL JOHN 6:56-69 Ah – the wisdom of Solomon. Remember that his father David wanted to build God a beautiful house, saying to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a … Continue reading

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Partaking of The Word Made Flesh

FIRST READING 1 KINGS 2:10-12, 3:3-14 /  GOSPEL JOHN 6:51-58 Of ALL the things that Solomon could have asked for . . . he asks for nothing more than the wisdom to be able to discern good and evil, that … Continue reading

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Thou Shall Not Hate

FIRST READING JAMES 1:17-27/ GOSPEL MARK 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23  Watching the tragic events unfold at Smith Mountain Lake, in which two of our local television reporters were gunned down in cold blood by a deranged former co-worker, was heart bruising and … Continue reading

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Which King Do We Follow?

FIRST READING 2 SAMUEL 6:1-5, 12B-23 / GOSPEL MARK 6:14-29 Well here we are in one of my favorite scenes in all of the Old Testament – David dancing joyfully and exceedingly gleefully before the Ark of the Covenant as he … Continue reading

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God’s Got It All

One can only assume at the time of today’s Old Testament reading that things must have been going pretty well for Israel. As David has apparently become so jaded by his and Israel’s God-ordained string of successes that he is … Continue reading

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 Tangled Up in The Trinity

  One Glenn Davis writes: God is three persons, each person is fully God, and there is one God. Three distinct individuals / persons, each with all of the full attributes of the Godhead, yet one in essence/substance. Each person … Continue reading

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Where Did Jesus Go?

Isaiah 53: 1-6 / John 14: 1-6 I have to confess that I have had a good time with Todd’s name for this event “The Jesus Explosion!” It’s an ear catcher to be sure and of course Todd’s use of the … Continue reading

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