Psalm: 67 Meditation Luke: This is Luke’s rendering of the call of the first disciples by Jesus. Jesus commandeers a boat from Peter and then Jesus preaches to the crowd that had gathered. Later He sends Peter out to fish (under mild protest) who then makes a great catch of fish. Peter and his partners …
Tag: Luke 5
Saturday, May 2
Psalm: 30 Meditation Daniel: New king, Darius of the Medes and Persians. He was tricked by his advisors, out of their jealously of Daniel, to issue a binding decree which could not be changed (even by the king) that made it treasonable for anyone to pray to any god except to the king for the …
Friday, May 1
Psalm: 105 Meditation 2 John: Take a breath, this is a long one. (all 13 verses). The identification of the original readers of this epistle is difficult because of disagreement regarding the interpretation of “the elect lady and her children” (v. 1). Some scholars believe the address should be taken literally to refer to a …
Thursday, April 30
Psalm: 37 Meditation Luke: I am no fisherman, but I’ve heard many say that night is the best time to fish. Poor Simon (Peter) had worked all night for naught. Jesus comes along and suggests that Simon go out now, in the daytime. Peter may have thought, Jesus, a carpenter, what would he know? Still, …
