Psalm 49 Meditation: John - This passage is the Gospel in a nutshell. By believing in the fact that Jesus was sent by God, we are granted eternal life free of pain, fear, and sorrow. Through that belief we have crossed over from death to the everlasting life promised to us by our heavenly Father. …
Tag: Life
Friday, December 18
Psalms: 51:1-17 Meditation Zechariah: I have long thought that life on earth was irrepressible. Mount S. Helen’s erupted almost 40 years ago and today all the burned-out land has brought forth vegetation. Just so, God’s love for His creation. Here in Chapter 7 we see both the bitter and the sweet. Israel’s (man’s) hardness of …
Tuesday, October 13
Psalm: 10 Meditation Matthew: Jesus is describing what life will be like as a believer. He has told several prospective disciples that life will be hard perhaps to test their resolve, more likely to frighten the feint of heart. The same here. What Jesus says here hardly qualifies either as a pep talk nor a …
Going Deeper: August 16
Read Psalm 1 together. Watch the sermon video (available at pacificunionchurch.org/churchsmall) Listen. What does Psalm 1 tell us about the path to God’s blessing? How does it contrast to the life path of the world around us? What is the image of a blessed person? How can we root ourselves in God in a hostile …
Going Deeper: July 26
Read Hebrews 11:1-16 together. Watch the sermon video (available at pacificunionchurch.org/churchsmall) Listen. What did you hear regarding God’s faithfulness and our faithful life in response to it? Respond. If you were absolutely convinced by the faithfulness of God, how would your life specifically change? Is God asking you to do something or to stop doing …
Going Deeper: May 24
Ascension Sunday Read Acts 1:1-14 together. Watch the sermon video (available at pacificunionchurch.org/churchsmall) Listen. What big turning point is Jesus preparing his disciples for? How does he prepare them? What does he promise them? What is Jesus’ vision for us and how does it compare with the disciples’ dreams? Respond. If Jesus is King and …
Thursday, April 16
Psalm: 147 Meditation Ezekiel: This is a vivid rendering of the “general resurrection” at the end of the age – the valley of the dry bones. We shall all die and in time (for most of us) what will be left will be bones only. Resurrection is not much treated in the Old Testament except …
Fifth Sunday in Lent
Listen. Watch the prerecorded Children’s Message together. https://youtu.be/cqiw_RGxi-M What are some of the things that Pastor Nate said we can see better in the dark? Jesus is going to allow things to get dark for some of his friends that he loves. This is not the kind of dark when the lights are off, but …
Life, Death, and the Image of God. Some thoughts on Question 2 and other life questions we face.
A man is bed-ridden and suffering pain from a disease which he has little hope of overcoming. The doctors have given him months to live. Does he have the right to take medication that will end his life? (We will be voting on Massachusetts Question #2 in a couple of weeks.) A young woman learns …
