Today I’m getting lots of little impressions from various verses… Scripture: Acts 5:30 “The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead after you killed him by crucifying him.” Observation: It struck me that even at this point, Peter didn’t even fully understand God’s plan for Christ, nor did he understand his culpability. Peter [...]
Scripture: Exodus 20:24 “Build for me an altar made of earth, and offer your sacrifices to me. Build my altar wherever I cause my name to be remembered, and I will come to you and bless you.” Observation: The difference between the altar to God and the the temple for God are strikingly different. Initially [...]
Scripture: Exodus 14:15 “Then the Lord said to moses, ‘Why are you crying out to me? Tell the people to get moving!’” Observation: I can hardly bare to type the phrase that comes to mind given its horrible misuse against the poor, but, none-the-less, this scripture reminds me “God helps those who helps themselves.” In [...]
Scripture: Exodus 3:1-2 “One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, … and he went deep into the wilderness near Sinai, the mountain of God. Suddenly, the angel of the Lord appeared to him as a blazing fire in a bush.” Observation: Moses’ story is one of my favorites. He has an extraordinary [...]
Scripture: Luke 21:1-4 – A poor widow gives all she has (two pennies) Luke 21:34 “Don’t let me find you … filled with the worries of this life.” Observation: It is easier to give all you have and to be unconcerned about about the worries of this life when you only have two pennies. Application: [...]
Scripture: Luke 20:2 “[The Pharisees] demanded, “By whose authority did you drive out the merchants from the temple?” Luke 20:22 “Tell us – is it right to pay taxes to the Roman government or not?” Luke 20:33 “Tell us, whose wife will she be in the resurrection?” Observation: Questions can tell us as much about [...]
Scripture: Luke 19:2 “There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was one of the most influential Jews in the Roman tax-collecting business, and he had become very rich.” Observation: Jesus doesn’t often interact with the most influential. He spends his time with the least of these. But Zacchaeus – he calls him out and [...]