March 1st, 2023

Ephesians‬ ‭2‬:‭8‬-‭9‬ ‭NIV‬‬ For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. Why is faith instrumental in our ability to believe God’s truth? The Greek word for faith in this verse, “pistis”, provides […]

February 28th, 2023

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭29‬:‭14‬ ‭NIV “Therefore once more I will astound these people with wonder upon wonder; the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭1‬:‭19‬-‭20‬ ‭NIV‬‬ ‭‭“For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” Where is […]

February 27th, 2023

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭1‬:‭17‬ ‭NIV‬‬ “For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭2‬:‭4‬-‭5‬ ‭NIV‬‬ “My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, […]

February 26th, 2023

1 Corinthians‬ ‭1‬:‭26‬-‭31 ‭NIV‬‬ “Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the […]

February 25th, 2023

Read: Romans 6:12-14  Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of […]

February 24th, 2023

Read: Romans 5:12-21 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned— sin was indeed in the world before the law, but sin is not reckoned when there is no law. Yet death exercised dominion from Adam to […]

February 23rd, 2023

Read: Luke 22:14-20 NRSV   When the hour came, he took his place at the table, and the apostles with him. He said to them, ‘I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; for I tell you, I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.’ […]

February 22nd, 2023

Read: Exodus 12:21-28 NRSV  Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, ‘Go, select lambs for your families, and slaughter the passover lamb. Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood in the […]

February 21st, 2023

Read: Genesis 17:4-11 NRSV  As for me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and […]

February 20th, 2023

Read: Genesis 6:11-13 NRSV  Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence. And God saw that the earth was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon the earth. And God said to Noah, ‘I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth […]