Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:14 – “Do not be mismatched with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and lawlessness have in common? Or what...

Scripture: Isaiah 41:14-15 – “Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you maggot Israel! I will help you, says the Lord; your Redeemer is the Holy...

Scripture: James 3:18 – “And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.” (NRSVue) What does it mean to be...

Scripture: Isaiah 49:15 – “Can a woman forget her nursing child or show no compassion for the child of her womb? Even these might forget,...

Scripture: John 7:41:42 – “Others said, ‘This is the Messiah.’ But some asked, ‘Surely the Messiah does not come from Galilee, does he?...

Scripture: Psalm 27:14 – “Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!” (NRSVue) Advent is the time...

Scripture: Revelation 18:7-8 – “As she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so give her a like measure of torment and grief. Since in...

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:8-9 – “Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David—that is my gospel, for which I suffer...

Scripture: Deuteronomy 8:10 – “You shall eat your fill and bless the Lord your God for the good land that he has given you.” (NRSVue)...

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:23-24 – “If, therefore, the entire church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or...

Scripture: Matthew 15:5 – “But you say that whoever tells father or mother, ‘Whatever support you might have had from me is given to...

Scripture: Revelation 7:14b – “Then he said to me, ‘These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes...

Scripture: John 5:43 – “I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; if another comes in his own name, you will accept...

Scripture: Proverbs 9:12 – “If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.” (NRSVue) Last night at my...

James 4:4 – “Adulterers! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of...

Scripture: Exodus 23:19b – “You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.” (NRSVue) When I was in college, one of my best friends was...

Romans 16:1-2 – “I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church at Cenchreae, so that you may welcome her in the Lord, as is...

Scripture: Psalm 77:10 – “And I say, ‘It is my grief that the right hand of the Most High has changed.’” (NRSVue) I like theology. I like...

Scripture: 1 John 3:14 – “We know that we have passed from death to life because we love the brothers and sisters. Whoever does not love...

Scripture: Psalm 8:4 – “What are humans that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?” (NRSVue) We are gearing up toward...