OCTOBER 31- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- LAMENTATIONS 4:1-5:22; HEBREWS 2:1-18; PSALMS 103:1-22; PROVERBS 26:23 

Oct 31, 2020 | Uncategorized

Today is Reformation Day, commemorating Martin Luther delivering the 95 Theses on October 31, 1517, triggering a widespread rediscovery of the good news of salvation by faith alone, in Christ alone, by grace alone. “Post tenebris, lux!” After the darkness, light! May...

OCTOBER 30 – TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- LAMENTATIONS 2:20-3:66; HEBREWS 1:1-14; PSALMS 102:1-28; PROVERBS 26:21-22 

Oct 30, 2020 | Uncategorized

TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- LAMENTATIONS 2:2- 3:66 The prophet (most likely Jeremiah) laments the tragedy of Judah’s fall in 587 BC. During the siege of Jerusalem, conditions were so bleak that the starving people resorted to cannibalism (Lamentations...

OCTOBER 29- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- LAMENTATIONS 1:1-2:19; PHILEMON 1:1-25; PSALMS 101:1-8; PROVERBS 26:20

Oct 29, 2020 | Uncategorized

TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- LAMENTATIONS 1:1-2:19 The first words of chapters 1, 2, and 4 are “How?” It is a word of astonishing grief. The question is asked: How did this happen? How widespread is this disaster? How long will we bear this judgment? “How...

OCTOBER 28- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- JEREMIAH 51:54-52:34; TITUS 3:1-15; PSALM 100:1-5; PROVERBS 26:18-19

Oct 28, 2020 | Uncategorized

Today is the anniversary of John Eliot preaching the gospel to the Massachusett tribe gathered at Nonantum, (Newton, MA) on October 28, 1648, and the conversion of their leader from Musketequid, Waban, who established the Praying Indian Village of Natick. We finish...

OCTOBER 27 – TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- JEREMIAH 51:1-53; TITUS 2:1-15; PSALM 99:1-9; PROVERBS 26:17. 

Oct 27, 2020 | Uncategorized

TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 51:1-53 Babylon’s destruction is prophesied in Jeremiah 51. Many of these images are picked up by the Apostle John as he describes the destruction of a revived Babylon in the Book of Revelation (Rev 17-18). One image...