Click for PDF version Monday Read Luke 4:1-13; Romans 3:23-25; Titus 2:13-14 Lent commences this Wednesday, February 14, and concludes on Maundy (“Commandment”) Thursday, three days before Easter Sunday. Glenkirk Church’s associated preaching and devotionals series will consider the primary views of Christ’s atonement, both this week and over the several following weeks. But...
Click for PDF version Monday Read Revelation 22:12-13 Jesus is the beginning, the middle, and the end of our story, and God’s story. His promise to come again is sure and certain, even if the timing is unknown. We can be confident that He will have the final word when He returns to reverse...
Click for PDF version Monday Read Revelation 21:1-5 Life After Life After Death Our sermon passage this week (Revelation 21:22-27) is found in the wider context of the vision of “a new heaven and a new earth” (v. 1). This image reminds us of God’s promises in the Old Testament to make all things...
Click for PDF version Monday Read Revelation 19:6–9 That Thunderous Exclamation! Can you hear it? I can, even now, after so many years. I was a young child seated next to my grandmother in a vast sanctuary when the soaring strains of Handel’s “HAL-LE-LU-JAH Chorus” literally swept us to our feet. No one had...
Click for PDF version Monday Read Revelation 12:1-12 This week’s topic is spiritual warfare and Satan’s defeat by the Cross of Christ. Revelation 12:1-6 opens with Satan seeking to destroy the Christ child and God’s protection over the child and His mother. Revelation 12:7-12 describes Satan and his evil angels being cast out of...
Click for PDF version Monday Read Genesis 12:1-3; Exodus 3:4-15; Isaiah 6:1-8 Epiphanies and Us The season between Advent and Lent is called the season of Epiphany. What is an epiphany? It is an “Aha!” moment, a “come-to-Jesus” moment, a new realization, an understanding of something formerly hidden, finding a missing piece to a...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Revelation 1:12-18; Daniel 7:13-14; Matthew 21:7-11 Happy New Year! Stepping into 2024, we begin our Epiphany series—the Lord’s unveiling in Revelation—considering the One called “Son of man” 82 times throughout the New Testament. Among Jews, the long-awaited Messiah was “the Son of David” (Matthew 21:9), a title...
Click for PDF version Monday Read Isaiah 9:2-6; Micah 5:2-4; Luke 2:1-21 On Sunday the 2023 Advent season commences. Contemporary Christians link Advent to Christmas—gift shopping kicks into hyper-gear, travel plans solidify, lights go up, and trees get decorated in expectation of presents. For most American children, this anticipated season is capped by a...
Click for PDF version Monday Read Matthew 5:38-39; Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21 As we continue the Sermon on the Mount teaching series, this week’s theme is “Re-Forming Our Affections.” It’s important to remember who Jesus is speaking to even as we read the Sermon on theMount with our Western eyes and interpretation....
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Matthew 5:27-37 In Matthew 5, Jesus addresses the topics of adultery, divorce, and oath-making. It can be tempting to see these as three completely separate topics—and while there are things to learn about them individually, these three topics share one important element: covenant. The God of the...
