Scripture Reading(s) Isaiah 43:1-7 But now, this is what the Lord says— he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 15:1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. 15:2 And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 15:3 So he told them this parable: 15:11b “There was a man who had two sons. … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Isaiah 43:16-21 43:16 Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters, 43:17 who brings out chariot and horse, army and warrior; they lie down, they cannot rise, they are extinguished, quenched like a wick: 43:18 Do not remember the former things, or consider the … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 5:16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. 5:17 So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Psalm 32 32:1 Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 32:2 Happy are those to whom the LORD imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 32:3 While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. 32:4 For day and night … Read more
Scripture Reading(s) Joshua 5:9-12 5:9 The LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away from you the disgrace of Egypt.” And so that place is called Gilgal to this day. 5:10 While the Israelites were camped in Gilgal they kept the passover in the evening on the fourteenth day of the month in the … Read more