Scripture Reading(s) Luke 12:49-56 12:49 “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 12:50 I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! 12:51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Hebrews 11:29-12:2 11:29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but when the Egyptians attempted to do so they were drowned. 11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell after they had been encircled for seven days. 11:31 By faith Rahab the prostitute did not … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Psalm 82 82:1 God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: 82:2 “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah 82:3 Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute. … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Jeremiah 23:23-29 23:23 Am I a God near by, says the LORD, and not a God far off? 23:24 Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them? says the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the LORD. 23:25 I have heard what the prophets have said … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 80:1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth 80:2 before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh. Stir up your might, and come to save us! 80:8 You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Isaiah 5:1-7 5:1 Let me sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. 5:2 He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine … Read more