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TODAY’S SCRIPTURE | Matthew 6:19-24
The current cultural narrative is that to be on the right side of history is to believe that religion is on the wane and through science, technology and political i…

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE | Matthew 5:38-48
Eugene Peterson wrote, “The world is no friend to grace.”  Jesus’ summary of the currency of love in his culture as selective and conditional (You have heard) stand…

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE | Matthew 5:17-20
The current cultural narrative (You have heard it said) with respect to ethics and morality, can be summarized as ‘everyone has the right to do what is right and wr…

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE | Matthew 5:13-16
The current cultural consensus concerning identity is that it is chosen not received.  In other words we are free to the extent we can choose who we are and how to …

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE | Luke 6:17-26
Jesus compares and contrasts two different visions of how to live in this world. Every individual and culture has basic beliefs about the nature of reality that is bas…

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE | Matthew 11:25-30
The series begins with Jesus calling those who are weary and burdened to come to him and yoke themselves to him.  Our increasingly post-Christian culture has left …

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE | Revelation 21:1-6; 22:20-21
Knowing the end of a story transforms how you see every earlier chapter of the story. Here we get a glimpse of the end of the story, and it is beyond ou…

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE | Revelation 19:6-10
The future is heading toward a feast, which will be a great unending celebration. Feasting is a joyful response of thanks for the fruitful end of our labors. The…

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE | Matthew 25:31-46
The verse, “Judge not”, may be the most recognized verse in the Bible today. Our culture recoils at the idea of judgment. And yet it’s impossible to live as a huma…

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE | Romans 8:18-25
We need hope to get through life. We need to believe that there’s a better future possible, that there are good days ahead. To live utterly devoid of all hope is to …

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE | Hebrews 2:5-11
The world, according to the biblical story, is heading somewhere. We’re not going round in circles, with civilizations rising and falling for ages without end. There…

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE | John 17:20-23; Philemon 1:8-18
The 21st Century Church is filled with contradictions. For the first time, Christians are in nearly every language and social group around the world.…

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE | John 17:6-8; 1 Timothy 3:14-16
The Reformation Church regained many core truths of the church: Christians are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, as reveale…

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE | John 15:5-6; 1 Timothy 2:1-6
The Medieval Church became an alternate society, eventually protecting Western culture from extinction during the dark ages after Rome’s collapse. Desp…

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE |  Acts 26:4-32
The last 8 chapters of Acts are about Paul’s journey to Rome where he will stand before Caesar. Along the way, we see a series of instances where Paul is defending th…

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE | Acts 19:11-20
The account of Paul’s ministry in Ephesus concludes Luke’s narrative of the uninhibited spread of the gospel. “The gospel’s confrontation with Hellenistic religions r…

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE | Acts 16:11-33
When the gospel comes to Philippi, we see the gospel transforming the lives of three completely different people. Lydia is a wealthy trader, yet she senses her need f…

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE | Acts 11:19-30, 13:1-3
The new church in Antioch arose through persecution, as the word spread across not only geographic lines but also cultural and ethnic lines. God is not only s…