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Psalm 133; Daniel 1:1–21; Acts 2:42–47 Most of us have at least one food dislike. I read this story of Daniel and I’m not sure how I would do living with Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Only vegetables? Eventually, I suppose, I would get accustomed…

Exodus 12:1–4, 5–10, 11–14; Psalm 116:1–2, 12–19; 1 Corinthians 11:23–26; John 13:1–17, 31b–35 The tie between Passover and the Last Supper is obvious just based on the fact that the Last Supper was in the context of Passover. Part of the first Passover was the…

Psalm 19; Exodus 19:9b–15; Acts 7:30–40 “What Holy ground,” isn’t a rhetorical question. It’s a real one. What is Holy ground? The land surrounding the “burning bush” was Holy…for a time. Notice that it wasn’t important to God or Moses what happened after that encounter.

Psalm 110:1–4; Job 19:23–27; 1 Timothy 3:14–16 Job’s words of optimism amid the words of anguish provides quite the contrast. The context seems to be that Job wants his words of trust in God to be recorded (written on a scroll). Then he goes further…

Proverbs 27:17; Acts 15:36–41 I’m sure you’ve never fought. Ever. With anyone. I’m sure that you’ve never raised your voice or yelled in anger or frustration. Ever. At anyone. Paul was strong-willed and opinionated. Barnabas was a person who seemed to always be the forgiving…