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Genesis 14:17–20, Hebrews 5:1–4, Acts 13:1–3 The calling of God is mysterious. The Levitical line produced the priests, but who would be called was something different. The calling of pastors is equally mysterious (including to the pastors). How and why God calls certain people to…

Psalm 85, Numbers 33:1-56, Galatians 5:16–25 We are born. We die. The beginning and then end. In between the beginning and the end there are many steps to take. The Israelites were finally at the end of their wandering in the desert. They had taken…

Psalm 25, Lamentations 3:22–27, Matthew 27:62–66 Are your clothes in 1 piece? One of the traditional Jewish responses of extreme grief or anguish is the tearing of their clothes. Yesterday was Good Friday. Jesus died on the cross. Are your clothes torn? While they were…

Isaiah 30:18–26, Isaiah 61:10–11, 1 Corinthians 3:5–11, 1 Corinthians 11:23–26 We are the bridge between the past and the future, with one foot in the past and one foot in the future. The past of glory was gone, a faded memory. Perhaps to some it…

Joshua 22:9–34, 1 Samuel 2:12–17, Psalm 40 What’s for dinner? In other denominations, Fridays in Lent are meat-free. No steak or burgers. No bacon. Oddly, due to the latin root “carno” (i.e., carnivore), fish isn’t a “meat”. So, fish Friday it is. If you’ve ever…