Click for PDF version Monday Read Luke 22:14-20; John 12:23-33; Matthew 21:33-42 There are several common misconceptions regarding Jesus’ first Advent mission. One is that He was merely an innocent victim. While He was innocent—innocence and purity essential to His fitness to atone for our sins—the Savior came for the specific purpose of sacrificing....
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Luke 19:1-10; John 15:15-16; Jeremiah 29:11-14 Today’s Scriptures convey the mysterious integration of God’s sovereignty—including His initiative in our salvation and His having done everything necessary to secure it—and our free will to respond (or not) to God’s prompts. Ponder Jesus’ statements, “The Son of Man came...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 Jesus employs profound teaching in this parable as He begins, “There was a father who had two sons” (Luke 15:11). The younger son brazenly asked for his inheritance, received it, and promptly left for a far country, where he squandered it all...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read 1 Samuel 3:10; Luke 7:36-40, 10:38-42 Jesus clarifies the point of it all. Jesus had been invited to the home of Simon the Pharisee, which didn’t happen every day. Kudos to Simon for inviting Jesus to his home to have dinner with Him (presuming Simon’s...
Click for PDF version Monday Read Luke 4:14-19 Luke 4 recounts the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry, focused on Nazareth where He was brought up. The first two verses of today’s reading note that after His temptation in the wilderness by the devil, He “returned to Galilee in the power of the...
Click for PDF version Monday Read John 1:6-8, 19-34; Deuteronomy 18:15-18; Malachi 4:5-6 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! This week connects not only 2022 with 2023, but also the seasons of Advent with Epiphany. Who better to feature this week than John the Baptizer, the prophetic “bridge” between the Old and...
Advent Devotionals 2022 This year during Advent and Christmas, we will provide families with Christianity Today’s Advent devotional, The Promised One. This daily devotional includes advent readings and family devotional ideas from the first Sunday of Advent until Epiphany Sunday. Devotions are available for pick up in the lobby on Sundays or in the church...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Psalm 62:5-8; Isaiah 9:6; Luke 2:4-20 The late Tom Petty—Pastor Tim Peck’s favorite rockstar—sang, “The waiting is the hardest part.” Ancient Israel knew this—the Jews’ anticipation of the long-awaited, promised Messiah intensified by the first century. God’s prophets had been silent for 400+ years, stirring...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Hebrews 13:15-16, 18-19; Luke 24:52-53; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 We have been in a series on faith and conclude this sermon and devo series this week exploring the theme, “Faith is offering our praise.” Through our faith we believe in and worship a faithful God, who...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Luke 10:25-37; Matthew 25:31-46; Hebrews 13:13 Faith is love in action: Risk Jesus told the story of a man traveling the lonely road from Jerusalem to Jericho. He was set upon by bandits who beat and robbed him. Two “holy” passers-by did not want to...
