Sunday 7/16/2023 Summary First Reading: Isaiah 55:10-13 God’s word to Israel’s exiles is as sure and effective as never-failing precipitation. […]
Sunday 7/9/2023 Summary First Reading: Zechariah 9:9-12 The coming messianic king will inaugurate an era of disarmament and prosperity. Because […]
Sunday 7/2/2023 Summary First Reading: Jeremiah 28:5-9 Through a symbolic action Jeremiah insisted that Judah and all the surrounding nations […]
Sunday 6/25/2023 Summary First Reading: Jeremiah 20:7-13 Jeremiah accuses God of forcing him into a ministry that brings him only […]
Sunday 6/18/2023 Summary First Reading: Exodus 19:2-8a At Sinai God assured Israel, “You shall be my treasured possession,” and commissioned […]
Sunday 6/11/2023 Summary First Reading: Hosea 5:15–6:6 Because the people have trusted in military powers and not God, God decides […]
Sunday 6/4/2023 Summary First Reading: Genesis 1:1–2:4a At the beginning of time, God the Creator, God the powerful Word, and […]
First Reading: Acts 2:1-21 Pentecost was a Jewish harvest festival that marked the fiftieth day after Passover. Luke portrays the […]
Sunday 5/21/2023 Summary First Reading: Acts 1:6-14 Today’s reading is part of the introduction to the narrative of the outpouring […]
Sunday 5/14/2023 Summary First Reading: Acts 17:22-31 In Athens, Paul faces the challenge of proclaiming the gospel to Greeks who […]
