Sunday’s Coming
Worth the risk (Mark 12:28-34)
What preacher does not like to gnaw a theological bone?
At all times? (Psalm 34:1-8, 19-22)
This psalm is hard to take.
That word “ransom” (Mark 10:35-45)
Like the disciples, we’ve missed the point here.
Job’s search for a just court (Job 23:1-9, 16-17)
He yearns to be able to lay his case before God.
Job scrapes for answers (Job 1:1, 2:1-10)
It is as if every person who asks why bad things happen to good people takes a potsherd and starts scraping.
What we cut off (Mark 9:38–50)
Maybe the shock of Jesus’ words is the point.
A woman of justice (Proverbs 31:10-31)
What does it mean to fear the Lord?
This ought not to be so (James 3:1-12)
Being a blessing and being a curse
Knowing which verses to listen to (Proverbs 22:1–2, 8–9, 22–23)
Reading Proverbs 22 without risking a change of heart
Arise and come away (Song of Solomon 2:8-13)
We are human beings, wired for sensual interaction.
Needing a warrior God (Ephesians 6:10-20)
The armor of God and the violence of the Bible
Asking for wisdom (1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14)
How do you make God smile?
King David and Kendrick Lamar (2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33)
Hip-hop’s origins go back farther than the 1970s.
Daily bread amid luxury (John 6:24-35)
Living outside poverty is a wonderful thing, but it leaves one open to the temptation of a divided heart.
Going home (Ephesians 3:14-21)
Paul’s surprising wish in Ephesians
Coming back together (16B) (Mark 6:30-34, 53-56)
We may all be in a phase of reorientation for a while.
Wondering about Michal (15B) (2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19)
Maybe she's more than just a wet blanket.
What Paul’s thorn in the flesh taught him (14B) (2 Corinthians 12:2-10)
We could see Paul’s caveats about his ecstatic experiences as false humility. But then he shows solidarity with the human condition.
Paul’s call for mutual aid (13B) (2 Corinthians 8:7-15)
We all have needs—and abundance.
Seeing the storm coming (12B) (Mark 4:35-41)
It’s like Jesus knows. How?