Psalm: 38 Meditation: GenEven the righteous can fall into sins of their own doing. Noah’s partaking of too much wine from his new vineyard results in his drunkenness and nakedness. His son Ham sees this and tells the others. Noah’s other son’s respect and cover their father. Later Noah blesses the covering son’s descendants. Like …
Tag: Sins
Monday, August 1
Psalm: 77 Meditation: ActsPeter has a message for all those God would call. He tells us how our sins can be forgiven, how to enter into fellowship with other believers, and that believers will also receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Why does Peter tell everyone in this sermon that they need to be …
Wednesday, July 13
Psalm: 38 Meditation: MarkWhen Jesus calls, everyone responds, except the self-righteous. They are so busy pointing out other people’s problems and sins that they can’t see their own sins, particularly pride, and need for salvation. We still suffer from this devastating fall into pride and sinful othering. Gospel: Mark 2:13-22 New Testament: Acts 12:18-25 Old …
Saturday, June 25
Psalm: 107:33-43 Meditation: LukeYou can gain quite a bit of context by reading multiple accounts of the same event. Here in Luke’s gospel, we learn that the overwhelming weight of others’ sins has affected Jesus and an angel is sent to strengthen him. The traditional Jewish custom was to pray standing up but we learn …
Sunday, February 20
Psalms: 148, 150 Meditation 1 John: There is nothing quite like a tricky passage to make life exciting. I can easily imagine confusion about this and since I am no theologian, all I can offer is my opinion so here goes. I doubt we fully comprehend how, dare I say, desperately God loves us and …
Thursday, December 9
Psalms: 58, 67 Meditation Luke: Just how important is the Passover and what significance does it have for us Christians today? The symbolism of the first Passover was, for the Jews, the beginning of their liberation from slavery. But, what for us? The powerful reality of the blood at Passover, shows that “without the shedding …
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