Mental Floss (great name and great site) has a list of “15 Reasons Mister Rogers Was the Best Neighbor Ever.” (And if you listen to NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, as I do, this is the list they used for this week’s “Not My Job” game.) This one is […]
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15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin. (Heb. 4:15) Those who are reading these devotionals may have noticed their irregularity. I had intended […]
14 Since, then, we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in […]
12 Indeed, the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and […]
Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest is still open, let us take care that none of you should seem to have failed to reach it. (Heb. 4:1) As I continue to read Hebrews I am struck by what a problematic text it is for so many Christians. Ben […]
Christ, however, was faithful over God’s house as a son, and we are his house if we hold firm the confidence and the pride that belong to hope. Heb. 3:6 I can’t remember the last time I ever heard a preacher suggest that we should have “pride” in being Christians […]
First a word about these “devotionals.” You may have gathered that they are not fitting the nice little pattern as the various little devotional guides we can pick up in our church. They are, in fact, intended as my devotion as I try and take seriously that part of our […]
The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. (Gen. 3:15) First Sunday in Lent Year A – RCL Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11 Psalm 32 The readings from the first Sunday in Lent all revolve around […]
15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. 16 For you have no delight in sacrifice; if I were to give a burnt offering, you would not be pleased. 17 The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O […]
It was several years after I began observing Lent that I was notified that Sundays don’t count. That is, they are a feast day so if you have given up something like chocolate (or more extremely, but remember Paul’s words! 1 Cor. 7:5) you may enjoy that on the Sundays […]