Exodus 3:1-15

march-7-2010

Moses encounters the Burning Bush. Arrested by God’s glory and hearing the Lord’s voice, Moses receives the revelation of God’s Name. God’s identity is forever tied to Israel and to Jesus Christ. We can only know God as we become a part of God’s people, knowing what God has done in the past and how he promises to be with us in the future. During Lent, we are called to be those branches pruned in order to blaze forth with the glory, truth, grace, and love of God yet not be consumed.

Philippians 3:17-4:1

february-28-2010

Paul calls us to follow his example of living for Christ by reminding us that we are not of this world, but are citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven.  How can we live as citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven?  We need to remember who we belong to, learn our heavenly culture, and live in the power of the Holy Spirit as we wait for Jesus to return.  As we live in that way, we become an example for others to follow.

Luke 4:1-13

february-21-2010

After Jesus’ baptism, He stood at a crossroads.  He had a mission, but would He do it His own way, or according to the Father’s will?  That same question stands before all of us.  Will we do things our way, or will we follow in God’s plan with dependence, trust, and obedience?

ash-wednesday-2010

The season of Lent offers us the opportunity to look in the spiritual mirror and recognize where we are with God.  We mark the beginning of this season with ashes pressed upon our foreheads and the reminder that we are dust, and to dust we shall return.  Listen in as we find that these words mean so much more than just a mark of our mortality.

Luke 9:28-36

february-14-2010

On the Mount of Transfiguration, Jesus is revealed in glory and the voice of the Father calls Peter, James, and John to listen to Jesus.  In particular, they are to listen to Jesus and discover that the Cross is nothing less than the glory of God and the kind of life all disciples are called to live in following Jesus.

Listen in on Bible Study as we continue to explore Galatians.

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Luke 5:1-11

february-7-2010

Jesus began to preach outside the Synagouge, taking His message and ministry out to the people.  At the shore of the Sea of Galilee, He directs Peter to a catch of fish that leaves Peter willing to abandon the greatest catch of his life to follow Jesus and “catch men alive.”  We, too, are to be those who so know Jesus that we will leave everything in order to catch people for our Savior.

Luke 4:21-30

january-31-2010

Why would anyone want to throw Jesus off a cliff? At the beginning of his ministry, Jesus reads from Isaiah 61 (”The Spirit of the Lord is upon me”) in his hometown, claiming: “today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing”! People seem receptive at first but soon it becomes clear that there is something deeply disturbing about what Jesus is saying. How might our own familiarity with Jesus sometimes get in the way of our being challenged by the truth of God? What is it that we need to know about God’s love to keep us from joining in with this angry mob?

Galatians 1:11-24

january-24-2010

As we celebrate the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, we are invited to model our lives on his example.  Paul was a man whose heart was completely surrendered to the will, power, and authority of God.  He clung to the truth of God’s Word and allowed God to utterly transform his life.  How can we do the same?

John 2:1-11

january-17-2010

As Jesus turns water into wine at a wedding in Cana of Galilee, we see the lavish grace of God shining through a peasant home in a way that draws the disciples to deeper faith.  We are challenged, then, to make our own homes places where the glorious and overwhelmingly lavish grace of draw others to a saving faith in Jesus.