“While I’m Away” (AKA: Your Great Commission) Matthew 28:16-20 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to […]
“Post Resurrection and Now This: ‘Follow Me!’” John 20:24-21:19 Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin,[a] was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and […]
“When Darkness Reigns: Let There Be Light” Luke 22:63-23:56 Now the men who were holding Jesus in custody were mocking him as they beat him. 64 They also blindfolded him and kept asking him, “Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?” 65 And they said many other things against him,blaspheming him. Jesus Before the Council 66 When day […]
“Do This Like Jesus Said: The Lord’s Table” Luke 22:1-23 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover. 2 And the chief priests and the scribeswere seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people. Judas to Betray Jesus 3 Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the […]
Life Boils Down to This: (See the Rich Man & Lazarus) Luke 16:19-31 “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21 who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the […]
“We’re Talking the Keys Here: Lost, Found, Fumbled !” Matthew 16:13-23 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”15 He said to them, “But […]
Its Party Time: God Said So and So You Will… Luke 15 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” 3 So he told them this parable: 4 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does […]
“This Time in Jericho The Down Flat Go Straight Up: see Zacchaeus” Luke 19:1-10 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he […]
“Willing to Come to Me: A Savior, Christ the Lord” Luke and Matthew selections Luke 2: 1-21 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the firstregistration when[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town […]
“Taking a Knee with Nehemiah: and the Result is Momentum” The book of Nehemiah The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the citadel, 2 that Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews who escaped, […]