Sunday’s Coming
Exhortations for Jesus followers (Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16)
One form of ancient instruction was paraenesis, which lists various rules without a clear outline or progression of thought.
God cares about health (Luke 13:10-17)
For Luke, sickness is the devil’s work, which Jesus came to combat.
A different kind of division (Luke 12:49-56)
Where there is a rending, there is a healing not far behind.
The prophet’s palette (Isaiah 1:1, 10-20)
Why in the world would Isaiah use the image of snow as a sign of life with God?
Things above (Colossians 3:1-11)
Have you ever heard of an egregore?
Snakes and scorpions for our children (Luke 11:1-13)
How could Jesus assume that all those who heard him preach would never treat their children in such a way?
At Jesus’ feet (Luke 10:38-42)
The world is overwhelming, and we need nourishment.
A prophetic model (Amos 7:1-17)
Christians struggle to be prophetic in the world. Amos could help.
Shake it off (Luke 10:1-11, 16-20)
This life of faith can be a dusty one.
Good fruit (Galatians 5:1, 13-25)
What does freedom in Christ taste like?
Elijah’s needs (1 Kings 19:1-15a)
The prophet exhibits all four HALT states at once in 1 Kings 19.
Sitting with uncertainty (John 16:12-15)
We are often told that “negative” emotions are to be ejected, tossed aside, and forgotten as quickly as possible.
Framing ethnicity (Acts 2:1-21)
Luke slows down to elaborate the diversity of the crowd—simply for the pleasure of it.
Patching up the text (Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21)
The reading from Revelation skips over lines that will likely put off many hearers.
A grand vision for a crumbling world (Ephesians 1:15-23)
Christ has brought the entire cosmos into submission? Frankly, it doesn’t look that way.
Hope for the climate (Acts 16:9-15; Psalm 67; Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5; John 5:1-9)
Given the environmental future we’re facing, we would do well to address it with resurrection hope.
An inheritance of love (John 13:31-35)
People sometimes regress to childlike behavior in stressful situations.
Present in our loss (John 10:22-30)
How did faith and medical science become, for some people, mutually exclusive?
Called and called back (Acts 9:1-20; John 21:1-19)
Jesus still needs Peter—and us.
Focus on the breath (John 20:19-31)
Jesus, fresh out of his own three-day savasana, breathes on the disciples.