Archive for August 2017

August 11, 2017 Daily Reading (Click to read each Scripture)1 Kings 18:17-19, 30-40Psalm 85:8-13This week’s sermon text: Romans 1:18-21 Field NotesToday’s reading tells the story of an epic contest between the false god Baal and the one and only true God of Israel, Yahweh. Here’s a little backstory…Elijah was a prophet of Yahweh. He was…

August 10, 2017 Daily Reading (Click to read each Scripture)Acts 17:10-15Psalm 78:1-8, 17-29This week’s sermon text: Romans 1:18-21 Field NotesOur scripture reading today tells of a congregation of Jewish people living in Berea, a city in Macedonia about 50 miles southwest of Thessalonica. Paul and his colleague Silas were sent there to share the good…

August 9, 2017 Daily Reading (Click to read each Scripture)Matthew 15:32-39Psalm 78:1-8, 17-29This week’s sermon text: Romans 1:18-21 Field NotesImagine the scene: thousands of people gathered in the wilderness to listen to this amazing young preacher, Jesus. They’ve been with him – spellbound – for three days. But now the food they brought with them…

August 8, 2017 Daily Reading (Click to read each Scripture) Acts 2:37-47Psalm 78:1-8, 17-29This week’s sermon text: Romans 1:18-21 Field NotesOur reading for today describes how the first Christian believers prioritized their lives together. Verse 42 says, “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and the prayers.” This…

August 7, 2017 Daily Reading (Click to read each Scripture) Psalm 78:1-8, 17-29Deuteronomy 8:1-10This week’s sermon text: Romans 1:18-21 Field NotesThere is a parenting philosophy that asserts that children should be allowed to experience the natural consequences of their behavior. For example, if a child balks at putting on a jacket when he or she…

August 5, 2017 Daily Reading (Click to read each Scripture) Matthew 7:7-11Psalm 17:1-7, 15This week’s sermon text: Romans 1:1-17 Field Notes“Now, that which seems to be charity is oftentimes really sensuality, for man’s own inclination, his own will, his hope of reward, and his self-interest, are motives seldom absent. On the contrary, he who has…

August 4, 2017 Daily Reading (Click to read each Scripture) Romans 9:6-13Psalm 17:1-7, 15This week’s sermon text: Romans 1:1-17 Field NotesOne of the most important concepts in all of Biblical theology is the concept of “covenant.” Simply defined, a covenant is a promise made within the bounds of a relationship with God. There are a…

August 3, 2017 Daily Reading (Click to read each Scripture) Philippians 4:10-15Psalm 17:1-7, 15This week’s sermon text: Romans 1:1-17 Field Notes“Jesus offers a particular theology. He tells those who follow him that everything is God’s. God is the creator of all things, the maker of all things, and the one who oversees all things. Jesus…

August 2, 2017 Daily Reading (Click to read each Scripture) Mark 4:30-34Psalm 65:8-13This week’s sermon text: Romans 1:1-17 Field NotesParables can be hard to understand sometimes. The Gospel accounts note, on several occasions, that even those hearing them from Jesus, live and in person, had trouble understanding sometimes. And yet this is how Jesus chose…