Feb 15, 2019 | Word Among Us
Honor your father and your mother Have you ever bitten into a cream-filled donut only to find that there is no filling? It’s a pretty disappointing experience, isn’t it? That donut looked so good, but it was actually hollow. In today’s Gospel (Mark 7:10), Jesus...
Feb 14, 2019 | Word Among Us
As many as touched it were healed. How many people do you suppose Jesus healed during his time on earth? Certainly there must have been hundreds — physical healing was a huge part of his ministry. But you might make a couple of mistaken assumptions if you read...
Feb 13, 2019 | Word Among Us
Let . . . love continue. For the past three weeks, we have been puzzling over some of Scripture’s most challenging theological subjects in the Letter to the Hebrews. But now that we have come to the last section of the letter, one thing becomes abundantly clear: ...
Feb 12, 2019 | Word Among Us
He instructed them to take nothing for the journey. Excited but vulnerable. That’s how the apostles must have felt. Jesus was sending them out to preach and to heal with his authority! But he was also sending them without food, money, or an extra tunic. They...
Feb 11, 2019 | Word Among Us
Strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees. Isn’t it awe inspiring to watch Olympic weight lifters heft hundreds of pounds? Of course, you know that none of them began by hoisting barbell-bending weights. They started with the barbell itself and slowly...
Feb 9, 2019 | Word Among Us
We are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses. Look into the sky on a summer day, and you will likely see a group of clouds sweeping across the sky. It’s so beautiful that it’s hard not to think of heaven. But how often do these clouds remind you of the...
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