Scripture: Psalm 122:8-9 – “For the sake of my relatives and friends I will say, ‘Peace be within you.’ For the sake of the house of the...

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:8 – “Therefore, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and evil, but with...

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:20 – “Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made...

Scripture: Judges 9:8 – “The trees once went out to anoint a king over themselves.” (NRSV) One of the most interesting parts of the story...

Scripture: Leviticus 25:10 – “And you shall hallow the fiftieth year and you shall proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its...

Scripture: Numbers 14:8 – “If the Lord is pleased with us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land that flows with milk...

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 20:17 – “This battle is not for you to fight; take your position, stand still, and see the victory of the Lord on...

Scripture: Job 1:18-19 – “While he was still speaking, another came and said, ‘Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in...

Scripture: Isaiah 58:3, 6 – “’Why do we fast, but you do not see? Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?’ Look, you serve your own...

Scripture: 1 Samuel 24:13 - “As the ancient proverb says, ‘Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness’; but my hand shall not be against...

Scripture: Luke 11:42 – “But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and herbs of all kinds, and neglect justice and the love of...

Scripture: Isaiah 8:12-13 – “Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what it fears, or be in dread....

Scripture: Luke 2:30-32 – “…for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for...

Scripture: Jeremiah 36:28 – “Take another scroll and write on it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which King Jehoiakim...

Scripture: Luke 5:37 – “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled, and...

Scripture: Luke 11:35 – “Therefore consider whether the light in you is not darkness.” (NRSV) In his poem “An Essay on Criticism,”...

Scripture: Acts of the Apostles 7:48 – “Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with human hands…” (NRSV) There is a great...

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:10-17 – “According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and...

Scripture: Isaiah 11:6 – “The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the...

Scripture: Isaiah 19:24 – “On that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth…” (NRSV)...