The reading from 2 Kings today was hard to read. 2 Kings 17 tells the story of what feels like a “final straw” where King Hoshea is deposed by the Assyrians and the residents of the Kingdom of Israel are taken into exile. Verses 7-21 […]
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Imago Scriptura 26 – New
I shared with some friends the other day that it feels like the “Spring Light Switch” just got turned on this week. All of a sudden, its like the grass has gotten green. Flowers are blooming, birds are returning. I even cleaned out the garage […]
The Wilderness of Mark
I continue to have my world rocked by Alexander Shaia’s book, Heart and Mind. There’s so much in this book that is just helping me take in the Gospels in a way like I haven’t before. As I closed his chapter on the Gospel of […]
BFTJ – August 22 – Living out our Passages Well
I wasn’t originally going to post anything on this reading – not because I didn’t think it worthy of a post, but more because I just didn’t get around to doing it yesterday. Then I was walking to worship this morning and saw this interesting […]
Imago Gospels – 52 – Hippo Crossing
John 14 – Signs Signs in South Africa were quite different from what we have here in the US. Yes, there were the usual signs of speed limits, stop signs, and so forth. But there were also some that were quite unique such as the […]
Imago Gospels – 24 – Shark
Matthew 28 Ok – so you may be thinking…what the ____ does a shark have to do with the resurrection appearance of Jesus? Well…hear me out…First, this is a pic I took this morning as we were shark cage diving in South Africa. If you […]
A Place at the Table – 42 – Cell
A Place at the Table – 42 – Cell Father, we are truly thankful for the life of Jesus, our brother and King. In every way He came to show us how to live— how to celebrate, how to obey, how to lean into You, […]
Romans Photos – 8:31-39 – Nothing
Romans 8:31-39 – God’s Love in Christ Jesus What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not […]
Romans Photos 6:1-14 – Dying and Rising
Dying and Rising with Christ What then are we to say? Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it? Do you not know that all of us […]
Mark Photos – 12:18-27 – Life
The Question about the Resurrection Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, the man shall marry the widow […]
Mark Photos – 4:26-29 – Growing
The Parable of the Growing Seed Then Jesus said, “God’s kingdom is like seed thrown on a field by a man who then goes to bed and forgets about it. The seed sprouts and grows—he has no idea how it happens. The earth does it […]
Psalm Photos – 119:41-48 – Waw – Hope
Psalm 119:41-48 – Waw Let your steadfast love come to me, O Lord, your salvation according to your promise. Then I shall have an answer for those who taunt me, for I trust in your word. Do not take the word of truth utterly out […]
