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...
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...
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...
Read Zechariah 8:20-23 and Revelation 5:9; 7:9-10 I think the idea of unity is a bit deceptive sometimes. Often, when I read Scripture about people from every tribe coming together...
Read Malachi 1:10-11 and Revelation 7:9-10 “…the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a...
Read Isaiah 11:10 and John 12:18-21 “In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting...
Read Zephaniah 3:7-10 and John 1:48-49 “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you…. I saw you.” (John 1:48) Wonderful news: Jesus is the Good King...
Read Daniel 7:13-14 and Luke 1:31-33 “[One like a son of man] was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion...
Since the beginning of time and throughout the entire Bible, God’s heart has always been that the nations would be His and that His name would be known and lifted high among every people...
Read Micah 2:12-13 and John 10:14-18 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the...
Read Micah 3:8-12 and Matthew 12:28 “But if it is by the Spirit of God that I [Jesus] drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.”...