Our Necessary Food
Read John 6:60-69 “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. For...
Look to the Cross
Read Matthew 10:32-39 Among the elders at the church I attended in college was an assistant district attorney. Affable and energetic, he made a point of encouraging the visiting students...
Dying to Become Real
Read Matthew 16:24-28 “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” (Matthew 16:24) I remember when as a teenager I had...
February 16
Read Mark 3:13-19 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY? 13 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. 14 He...
February 15
Read Mark 2:13-17 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY? 13 Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them....
February 14
Read Matthew 4:18-25 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY? 18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew....
Sabbath Day · Gospel Truth
Gospel Truth: THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS IS FOR ALL PEOPLE This week we looked at the beginnings of Jesus’ ministry. It is the announcement of a new message rooted in the...
February 12
Read Ephesians 2:11-22 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY? 11 Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision”...
February 11
Read John 3:1-15 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY? Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came...
February 10
Read Isaiah 61:1-3 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY? The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the...