Lent 2020

Swords Into Plowshares

Read Isaiah 2:2-4 and Acts 17:24-31 “And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they...

Lent 2020

Our Immutable God

Read Isaiah 51:4-5 and 1 Peter 1:3-11 “I am the Lord, I change not.” (Malachi 3:6) “Nothing that God has ever said about himself will be modified; nothing the inspired...

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Lent 2020

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

Read Habakkuk 2:2-4 and Hebrews 10:37-38 The Bible tells us there are none righteous, no not one (Romans 3:10). So today’s readings are not talking about perfect or even good people,...

Lent 2020

Thrive Like Watered Grass

Read Isaiah 44:3 and John 16:7 “…And I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessings in your children. They will thrive like watered grass, like willows...

Lent 2020

The Glory Days

Read Haggai 2:1-9 and Ephesians 2:19-22 “‘The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘And in this place...

Lent 2020

Rich Garments

Read Zechariah 3:3-9 and 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 “The angel said to those who were standing before him, ‘Take off his filthy clothes.’ Then he said to Joshua, ‘See, I have...

Lent 2020

Week 5: Seeing the New Kingdom of Jesus in the Old Testament Prophets

Each of us has countless phrases or words we might use to describe our identity and our place in the world—but the remarkable work of God’s Kingdom is that it produces a new...

Lent 2020

Us and Them

Read Obadiah 15-21 and Revelation 11:15 “…And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.” (Obadiah 21b) Our passage for today is not light reading. Did you know that Obadiah is the...

Lent 2020

The Final Word

Read Isaiah 22:22 and Revelation 3:7 Four years ago, my brother John and I were waiting on a big decision from the immigration office in Chicago that was going to...