To take out your anger on someone means to treat that person badly because you feel frustrated or upset. Although we deserve God’s anger for our misdeeds, the readings today explain how he spares us from his anger by taking it out on himself in the body of Jesus. Isaiah 53:4-6 Surely he took up […]Read more
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The infamous mud flats of Cook Inlet, Alaska is where people have become stuck in the glacial silt and have drowned in the rising tide. These Scripture readings tell of our deliverance from life’s mires by a God who lifts us out. Jeremiah 38:1-6 Shephatiah son of Mattan…heard what Jeremiah was telling all the Read more
- 04 February, 2024
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American author, Douglass Brinkley said, “Stubbornness is a positive quality of presidential leadership—if you’re right about what you’re stubborn about.” This is can also be true of an infallible God’s lordship, according to these scripture readings. Amos 2:4-5 This is what the Lord says: “For three Read more
- 28 January, 2024
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An ancient Greek philosopher said, “Change is the only constant in life.” Today’s lessons from scripture tell us that even in a constantly changing world, God remains the same. 1 Samuel 15:17-29 Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The Read more
- 21 January, 2024
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