Scripture: Jeremiah 13:23 – “Can Cushites change their skin or leopards their spots? Then also you can do good, who are accustomed to do...

Scripture: Philippians 2:27 – “He was indeed so ill that he nearly died. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, so...

Scripture: Jeremiah 12:2b – “…you are near in their mouths yet far from their hearts.” (NRSVUE)   Do all Christians love God? This seems...

Scripture: Luke 12:48b – “From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required, and from the one to whom much has been...

Scripture: Luke 12:22 – “He said to his disciples, ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your...

Scripture: Hosea 10:11 – “Ephraim was a trained heifer that loved to thresh, and I spared her fair neck, but I will make Ephraim break...

Scripture: Hosea 2:7 – “She shall pursue her lovers but not overtake them, and she shall seek them but shall not find them. Then she...

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 7:10 – “Do not say, ‘Why were the former days better than these?’ For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.”...

Scripture: Exodus 40:38 – “For the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud   by night, before the eyes...

Scripture: 2 Samuel 21:19 – “Then there was another battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite...

Scripture: Revelation 18:9-10 – “And the kings of the earth... will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning; they...

Scripture: Zechariah 1:3b – “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will return to you, says the Lord...

Scripture: Psalm 6:2-3 – “Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror. My soul...

Scripture: 1 John 2:7-8 – “Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning; the...

Scripture: 2 Kings 9:30 – “When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out of...

Scripture: Proverbs 7:2 – “…keep my commandments and live; keep my teachings as the apple of your eye…” (NRSVUE)   Have you ever heard...

Scripture: Proverbs 3:24 – “If you sit down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.” (NRSVue)   As I write...

Scripture: Acts 26:24-25 – “While he was making this defense, Festus exclaimed, ‘You are out of your mind, Paul! Too much learning is...

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 34:22 – “So Hilkiah and those whom the king had sent went to the prophet Huldah, the wife of Shallum son of...

Scripture: Psalm 82:6 – “I say, “You are gods, children of the Most High, all of you…”   Last Sunday was Good Shepherd Sunday, where we...