What kind house will we build for Christ?

The Kingdom of God is not one of talk, but of power. Power comes from action, and that action must follow suit to Christ.

There is certainly a time for righteous anger. But we see time and time again, especially through Christ, that gentleness breeds a certain response from people like nothing else.

Endurance and persistence matter.

Endurance is crucial to our lives in Christ.

November 30, 2019 DAILY READINGS Psalm 122Genesis 6:11-22Matthew 24:1-22This weekend’s scripture: Matthew 24:36-44 FIELD NOTES Matthew 24 (and its counterparts—Mark 13 and Luke 21) is sometimes called The Little Apocalypse (John’s Revelation being The Big Apocalypse) because of its end-time imagery and warnings.  Talking about the “End Times” can be scary.  Lots of harsh language about…

November 29, 2019 DAILY READINGS Psalm 122Genesis 6:1-10Hebrews 11:1-7This weekend’s scripture: Matthew 24:36-44 FIELD NOTES Genesis 6:9 tells us that Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation.  Blameless: the Hebrew word, tamiym, comes from the verb: to be complete. One was of interpreting this word is to see blameless/completeness as being done or being…

November 28, 2019 DAILY READINGS Psalm 122Daniel 9:15-19James 4:1-10This weekend’s scripture: Matthew 24:36-44 FIELD NOTES Just last week a child psychologist told me that every child needs to hear three things every day: I see you. I hear you. I delight in you.  In Daniel 9:15 we see the people of Israel confessing: We have sinned,…

November 27, 2019 DAILY READINGS Psalm 117Jeremiah 31:1-6Luke 1:1-4This weekend’s scripture: Matthew 24:36-44 FIELD NOTES The third great spiritual movement is from shame (or guilt or fear or barrenness or …) to fruitfulness (and rest and grace and love and security and …). In chapter 30 we heard Jeremiah proclaim the good news of freedom to…