Bible Study

day 11- Lenten Journey 2014

Another difficult passage. As Christians, we really are called to a different mindset, heart posture and lifestyle as believers. Jesus changes everything! Read Matthew 5:43-48 This is the “love your enemies” passage. Jesus is turning rule based living on its head and commanding us to do more than live according to the law, our human […]

day 10- Lenten Journey

Today I am teaching at a Young Life Staff training on the subject: Men and Women in Ministry Leadership and part of that will include discussing appropriate relationships between men and women. When I read today’s Lectionary passages one struck me as profoundly relevant to what I have been studying in preparation. Read Ezekiel 18:21-28 Ezekiel is one […]

day 9- Lenten Journey 2014

Read Matthew 7:7-11 In one of my favorite movies, Fiddler on the Roof, the main character is a earthy Jewish man, Tevye, … with 5 daughters, (in a world that values sons), a poor milkman with lots of struggles and questions for God. Throughout the movie he has an ongoing conversation with God… about everything, […]