Today is the second Sunday of Advent and we are once again invited to hear the story of John the Baptist. This year we are reading his story from the gospel of Luke. John is the one who shows up from the wilderness to help announce the entrance of Jesus into the story of humanity. […]

Today we continue our series on the New Testament letter we call James. Many current biblical scholars think that James the brother of Jesus wrote part of the letter as a sermon and then later someone added to it so that it would apply to a wider audience. Previously we have read in this letter […]

Today we continue our series through the month of September on the New Testament book of James. This biblical letter is attributed to James who was the brother of Jesus. Many scholars today think that James the brother of Jesus did write part of this letter as a sermon but then someone later added to […]

Over the last several weeks we have been learning about the early history of Israel when they were ruled by kings. We have heard about their first two kings Saul and then David and now we move to their third king Solomon. Solomon will end up being the last king to rule over a united […]

Over the past several weeks we have been reading about Israel’s early history when they were ruled by kings. First there was Saul and then David. In today’s scripture we will be reading of the death of David and the battle over who will be the next king. Today we move into the Old Testament […]

Over the past few weeks we have been reading through the stories of the early history of Israel when they were ruled by their first kings. Saul was first and then David. Last week we read the story which begins the downfall of David as king. We read the story of David’s rape of Bathsheba […]

Over the past few weeks, we have been reading through the stories from Israel’s early history when they were ruled by kings. Their first king was Saul and then David rose to power as their second king. Up until today we have been reading about how David was faithful to God and how God chose […]

Today we continue reading through the Old Testament books of 1st and 2nd Samuel. Last week we read the story of the anointing of David to become the 2nd king of ancient Israel replacing Saul. David was an unlikely choice because he was the youngest of 8 children and overlooked as kingly material. But we […]

Today we continue reading from I Samuel about the first kings of ancient Israel. Last week, we read that Israel was governed by judges who tended to be weak which led to Israel being invaded a lot by its enemies. The people demanded a king like the nations around them. God did not want them […]

This summer we are going to spend time reading through stories found in the Old Testament books of I and II Samuel. I and II Samuel are books telling about events from 3000 years ago but stories that we will find very relevant today. I and II Samuel was originally one book written in the […]