Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 19-21; Psalm 106:1-23 In 2 Chronicles 20, King Jehoshaphat of Judah is confronted by hostile …
8/8/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 16-18; Psalm 105 Amid the tales of the Hebrew kings, some good, some bad, we …
8/7/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. The Old Testament history we read in 2 Chronicles tells the tales of …
Today’s Word 8/6/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 12-15; Psalm 104:24-35 In 2 Chronicles 14, we meet a new king in Judah, Asa. …
8/5/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 8-11; Psalm 104:1-23 The Psalms are rich. Words of prayer written by men, yet inspired …
8/4/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 5-7; Psalm 103 When Solomon dedicates the temple, he brings a powerful and rousing prayer …
8/3/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Chronicles 1-4; Psalm 102 Psalm 102 was written between 2,500 and 3,000 years ago. This Psalm …
8/2/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Corinthians 15-16; Psalm 101 As Paul concludes this first letter to the Church at Corinth, he …
8/1/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Corinthians 12-14; Psalm 100 These passages in 1 Corinthians speak to how we live, serve and …
7/31/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. I am a talker. I suppose that is helpful for a preacher. But …
7/30/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Psalm 96 opens with these words: “Oh sing to the Lord a new …
7/29/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. It can be so very frustrating when we share our faith with others …
7/28/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Corinthians 9-11; Psalm 99 1 Corinthians is filled to the brim with exhortation to those who …
7/27/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Corinthians 6-8; Psalm 98 These passages in 1 Corinthians call us upward to lives of purity, …
7/26/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Corinthians 3-5; Psalm 97 1 Corinthians is sometimes called “the spanking of the saints” as it …
7/25/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Corinthians 1-2; Psalm 96 We live in a world where intellectual types are routinely critical of …
7/24/25
Good morning! Text: Hosea 12-14; Psalm 95 When I was growing up, we attended a church that had a strong …
7/23/25
Good morning! Text: Hosea 9-11; Song of Solomon 8 Prophets like Hosea bring messages of clarity to God’s people. The …
7/22/25
Good morning! Text: Hosea 5-8; Song of Solomon 7 The voice of the prophets is at once sharp and warning, …
7/21/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. The first time I read the Song of Songs (or of Solomon), I …
7/20/25
Good morning! Text: Hosea 1-4; Song of Songs 6 Hosea opens with a beautiful and difficult tale which depicts God’s …
7/19/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Chronicle 27-29; Song of Songs 5 These closing chapters of 1 Chronicles are rich with grandeur. …
7/18/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Chronicles 24-26; Song of Solomon 4 The various clans and families of the Levites had particular …
7/17/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Chronicles 21-23; Song of Songs 3 King David is incited to take a census of the …
7/16/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Chronicles 18-20; Song of Solomon 2 As 1 Chronicles 19 opens, we read how David decided …
7/15/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Chronicles 15-17; Song of Solomon 1 After David is established as King over all Israel and he …
7/14/25
Good morning! Text: Today is a reflection day. Our daily time in the Word of God is like food for …
7/13/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Chronicles 12-14; Ecclesiastes 12 1 Chronicles is filled with lists of names – genealogies and, at …
7/12/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Chronicles 9-11; Ecclesiastes 11 The Book of Ecclesiastes, written by Solomon, is a reflection on life …
7/11/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Chronicles 5-8; Ecclesiastes 10 Ecclesiastes is “wisdom literature,” and contains the words of Solomon as he considers the …
7/10/25
Good morning! Text: 1 Chronicles 1-4; Ecclesiastes 9 Chronicles opens with genealogies – lists of old Hebrew names. The first …
7/9/25
Good morning! Text: Amos 7-9; Ecclesiastes 8 For me, one of the high points of Amos is his confrontation with …
7/8/25
Good morning! Text: Amos 4-6; Ecclesiastes 7 There are so many troubling news reports today of evil on the march. …
7/7/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. I recently read a study that suggests that the area we live in …
7/6/25
Good morning! Text: Amos 1-3; Ecclesiastes 6 The prophet Amos did not come from the prophet “class”, but was a …
7/5/25
Good morning! Text: Luke 22-24; Ecclesiastes 5 On the road to Emmaus, Jesus appears to two of His followers. At …
7/4/25
Good morning! Text: Luke 19-21; Ecclesiastes 4 Each of the Gospels contain a verse that scholars point to as the …
7/3/25
Good morning! Text: Luke 16-18; Ecclesiastes 3 The demand Jesus makes of us is simple – surrender our lives to Him …
7/2/25
Good morning! Text: Luke 13-15; Ecclesiastes 2 In Luke 15 we find three parables that speak to the Lord’s heart for …
7/1/25
Good morning! Text: Luke 10-12; Ecclesiastes 1 In Luke 11, Jesus instructs regarding prayer. He speaks of a man who …
6/30/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Many of you know that I am a surfer and a blue water …
6/29/25
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. When John the Baptist hears of Jesus’ ministry, he sends two of his …
6/28/25
Good morning! Text: Luke 7-9; Psalm 94 In Luke 8:26-39 we learn of Jesus’ casting a “Legion” of demons from …
6/27/25
Good morning! Text: Luke 4-6; Psalm 93 In regular reading of God’s Word, verses that have touched my life before …
6/26/25
Good morning! Text: Luke 1-3; Psalm 92 As John the Baptist preaches a powerful word of to the people to …
6/25/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Kings 22-25; Psalm 91 Psalm 91 has been a source of great comfort to many who …
6/24/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Kings 19-21; Psalm 90 The Assyrians were very scary. Their empire was vast, and their army …
6/23/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Kings 15-18; Psalm 89:19-52 The Word of God can speak to us in surprising ways. In …
6/22/25
Good morning! Text: 2 Kings 12-14; Psalm 89:1-18 Several times in the Bible there are events where a person is …
6/21/25
Good morning! Text: Today is a reflection day. A beautiful couplet appears in Psalm 85:10-11. 10 Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; …