Blog tagged as Lectionary

In these times of sound bites, short clips, and re-tweets, the temptation of Jesus by the devil reminds us to read the whole story.

My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ? James 2:1 (NRSV)

Some claim the Apostle Paul was a bit of a braggart. I disagree.

    There are many reasons Jesus chose Paul (Saul) to be "my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel."

Some things just do not change. New ideas begin spreading and those who do not like, or feel threatened by those ideas, work to quash them.