revgregorynbakerNov 27, 20242 min readGoing Off-RoadScripture: John 16:25 – “I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in...
revgregorynbakerNov 20, 20242 min readNew Information Has Come to LightScripture: 2 Kings 22:19 – “…because your heart was penitent and you humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against...
revgregorynbakerNov 13, 20242 min readA Foundation for LifeScripture: 1 Timothy 6:18-19 – “They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share, thus storing up for...
revgregorynbakerNov 6, 20242 min readA Commandment to LoveScripture: John 13:35 – “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (NRSVue) On the night...
revgregorynbakerOct 30, 20242 min readDoes Suffering Change Who You Are?Scripture: Ruth 1:20 – “She said to them, ‘Call me no longer Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me.’” (NRSVue)...
revgregorynbakerOct 23, 20242 min readNot My ProblemScripture: 2 Kings 20:19 – “Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, ‘The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.’ For he thought, ‘Why not,...
revgregorynbakerOct 16, 20242 min readSuffer in SilenceScripture: Psalm 39:2-3a – “I was silent and still; I held my peace to no avail; my distress grew worse; my heart became hot within me.”...
revgregorynbakerOct 9, 20242 min readYes Today, God!Scripture: Hebrews 3:13 – “But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called ‘today,’ so that none of you may be hardened by the...
revgregorynbakerOct 2, 20242 min readSilence Is GoldenScripture: Job 2:13 – “They sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his...
revgregorynbakerSep 25, 20242 min readClose FriendsScripture: Proverbs 27:10 – “Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent; do not go to the house of your kindred in the day...
revgregorynbakerSep 18, 20242 min readIs There Really a Lion?Scripture: Proverbs 22:13 – “The lazy person says, ‘There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!’” (NRSVue) My wife is...
revgregorynbakerSep 11, 20243 min readHigher Order FaithProverbs 19:25 – “Strike someone who scoffs, and a naive person will become clever; correct someone with understanding, and they will...
revgregorynbakerSep 4, 20242 min readLove PerseveringScripture: Song of Solomon 8:6 – “Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, passion fierce...
revgregorynbakerAug 28, 20242 min readIs God Testing You?Scripture: James 1:13 – “No one, when tempted, should say, ‘I am being tempted by God,’ for God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself...
revgregorynbakerAug 21, 20242 min readGood for MeScripture: 1 Kings 3:26 – “But the woman whose son was alive said to the king, because compassion for her son burned within her, ‘Please,...
revgregorynbakerAug 7, 20242 min readAll-the-Way ForgivenessScripture: 2 Samuel 14:28 – “So Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem without coming into the king’s presence.” (NRSVue) When should...
revgregorynbakerJul 31, 20242 min readPaul's SecretScripture: Philippians 4:13 – “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.” (NRSVue) We all dream about winning the lottery,...
revgregorynbakerJul 24, 20242 min readUps and DownsScripture: Psalm 61:2 – “From the end of the earth I call to you, when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I…”...
revgregorynbakerJul 17, 20242 min readHold It TogetherScripture: Colossians 1:17 – “He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” (NRSVue) There are times when the...
revgregorynbakerJul 10, 20243 min readWho Are These People?Scripture: Numbers 2:12-13 – “And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon. The leader of the Simeonites shall be Shelumiel...