Bible Study
Biblical Reflections for February, 2007.
Biblical Reflections for February, 2001. Sunday, February 4 Read: Luke 5:1-11 Consider: Jesus calls four fishers while they are in the midst of their routine fishing activities by the Sea of Galilee. After borrowing Peter's boat and teaching the... more...
Bible Reflections for December, 2006
Sunday, December 10 Read: Luke 3:7-18 Consider: John gives the crowd, at their request, some specific examples of what it means to repent and transform the way one lives. Those who have more than is needed must share with those... more...
Bible Reflections for November, 2006
NOTE: The passages for each week will often be the passages upon which the sermons are based. Text for: Sunday, November 5 Read: Mark 12:28-34 Consider: In the final week of Jesus' earthly life, amid disputes with the religious leaders,... more...
Bible Reflections for September, 2006
NOTE: The passages for each week are ordinarily the scripture texts that will be the focal text of that Sunday's sermon. Text for: Sunday, September 10 Read: James 2:1-10, 14-17 Consider: James urges the early church to put aside... more...
Bible Reflections for July and August, 2006
Bible Reflections for July and August, 2006 Text for: Sunday, July 9 Read: Mark 6:1-13 Consider: Jesus receives the reception that insecure hometowns often reserve for those who have left and "made good." His former neighbors are astounded at the... more...
Bible Reflections for June, 2006
Sunday, June 4 Read: Acts 2:1-21 Consider: This is the story of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus' early followers (you might check "The Pastor's Message for May" for some reflections on Pentecost). Pentecost was a Jewish... more...
Bible Reflections for May, 2006
Sunday, May 7 Read: John 10:11-18 Consider: Who is the good shepherd? Read Psalm 23...then John 10:11-18... then John 21:15-19. Here Jesus calls himself a shepherd in contrast to "hired hands," whose concern is for personal well being above that... more...
Bible Reflections for April
Bible Reflections for April, 2006 (Ordinarily, but not always, these passages will be the sermon texts for the Sundays indicated.) Sunday, April 9 (Palm/Passion Sunday) Read: Mark 11:1-11 Consider: Jesus enters the city of Jerusalem triumphally but in a subdued,... more...
Bible Reflections for March, 2006
Bible Reflections - March 2006 (Generally, the scripture texts correspond to the sermon texts for the Sundays of March) Sunday, March 5 Read: Genesis 9:8-17 Consider: The well-known story of Noah, the Ark, and the Flood follows a chapter in... more...
Bible Reflections for February 2006
Text for: Sunday, February 5 Read: Mark 1:29-39 Consider: Here is a glimpse into the life of Jesus. It is the Sabbath; Jesus returns from the synagogue to the home of Simon and Andrew, where he heals Simon's mother-in-law of... more...
Bible Reflections for January, 2006
Text for: Sunday, January 1 Read: John 1:1-18 Consider: This passage is John's version of the Christmas story -- no manger, inn, shepherds, or wise men, but a testimony of "the Word made flesh" set in the context of creation... more...
Bible Reflections for November/December 2005
Sunday, November 20 Read: Matthew 25:31-46 Consider: This familiar story of the "sheep and the goats" is really a dramatic indication of where God resides: not only in the Temple's holy of holies, as most believed, but also, Jesus indicates,... more...
Biblical Reflections for October, 2005
Sunday, October 2 Read: Philippians 3:4b-14 Consider: Paul has felt the powerful revolution that is the gospel of Jesus Christ. This gospel turns things upside down for Paul. He must now consider as rubbish all that is perceived by his... more...
Bible Reflections for March/April 2005
Bible Reflections for March/April 2005 (Ordinarily the passages indicated will be the text for the sermon of that Sunday, but occasionally another text may be used for the sermon.) Sunday, March 20 Read: Matthew 21:1-11 Consider: Jesus enters Jerusalem in... more...