Click for PDF version Monday Read Exodus 11:9-10 The Nation in Slavery Over the past few weeks, we have been considering the well-known account of the children of Israel in Egypt, enslaved by a cruel Pharaoh who “did not know Joseph” (Exodus 1:8) and simply saw the rapidly expanding population of Israelites as a...
Click for PDF version Monday Read Exodus 6:1 The LORD Delivers When God called Moses to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt, both He and Moses knew that Pharaoh would not favor this idea. In Exodus 5, Moses had returned to Egypt, first having met the leaders of Israel at a wilderness...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Exodus 1:6–7 Too Comfortable? On account of Joseph’s heroic actions, Jacob’s entire clan was allowed to enter and reside in the land of Egypt. They were more than welcomed, not only on Joseph’s account but also because they had expertise in work that the Egyptians despised: raising...
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Luke 24:13-35; Jeremiah 29:13; Isaiah 59:1-2 Our unbelieving nephew, Greg, sometimes complains much like others: “Why doesn’t God just reveal Himself clearly, making it easier for everybody?” In today’s post-resurrection “Road to Emmaus” story, we see God the Son initially unrecognized by two disheartened followers (Luke 24:16)....
Click for a PDF version Monday Read Luke 23:35-43; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 We are in a sermon series called “Welcome to the Table” and the associated acts of Christian hospitality. This week we focus on the “Sacrifice of Hospitality.” Earlier in this series, Pastor Tim taught us that, as Christians, our hospitality is the...
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...
