Before I begin today’s meditation, I would like to offer a few housekeeping notes and questions.
First of all, you are not missing any of the posted meditations. I have been ill for the past week. I had a sinus infection that cleared up nicely, but the antibiotics caused me to have some significant stomach problems. [...]
March 26, 2009
Exodus 1:6-22
1 Corinthians 12:12-26
Mark 8:27-9:1
“The Certainness of Uncertainty”
Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. – Exodus 1:8
Egypt as ruled by the Hyksos (foreign rules) from the 13th through the 17th dynasty. The Hyksos were most likely a diverse group of Asiatic and Semitic peoples who invaded Egypt [...]
“The Wilderness: Part One”
Mark 1:9-15
“The Wilderness: Part Two”
Mark 8:31-38
“The Wilderness: Part Three”
John 2:13-22
“We Wish To See Jesus”
John 12:20-33
March 25, 2009
Genesis 50:15-26
1 Corinthians 12:1-11
Mark 8:11-26
“Whole in Our Brokenness”
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation [...]
March 24, 2009
Genesis 49:29-50:14
1 Corinthians 11:2-34
Mark 8:1-10
“Discerning the Body”
Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be answerable for the body and blood of the Lord. Examine yourselves, and only then eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For all who eat and drink [...]
March 23, 2009
Genesis 49:1-28
1 Corinthians 10:14-11:1
Mark 7:24-37
“How Can I Keep From Singing?”
Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. –Mark 7:36 (NRSV)
Robert Lowry wrote one of my favorite “new” hymns in the 19th century (circa 1860). I never heard this song [...]
March 21, 2009
Genesis 47:27-48:7
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Mark 7:1-23
“Defilement”
Then he called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand: there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile.” – Mark 7:14-15 (NRSV)
Watching television this week it became even [...]
