Good Morning Friends,    Entering a debate on the revolution or reformation issue and comparing Jesus and Martin Luther will probably get me into trouble, but here is the gist of what I want you to think about. Both desired to reform the religious community but the result looked more like a revolution soon … Continue reading Can We Glorify God Without Works? →

   Good Morning Friends,       The first missionaries in the Bible had it tough. Scripture says they were being sent out like sheep among wolves first to the Jews and then to the Gentiles. One might think it reasonable to throw in the towel and call it quits but Jesus did not quit, and Paul … Continue reading Why Would We Turn Our Back On Jesus When The World Needs The Sanity He Offers Now? →

    Good Morning Friends,     Today's devotional is not about Christian's relationship with politicians, nor will it tell you how to convert Moslems seeking to learn about the Trinity. But it will address the issue of antagonism prevalent in the cultures of time and in a way the problem of hypocrisy. Conflict is nothing new … Continue reading Is Seeing Believing Or Is Believing Seeing For The Christian? →

    Good Morning Friends,     The Bible says that we are all to be of one body, even though we serve different functions in that body. We affirm this in the breaking of bread where the one loaf is distributed to the believers, each a part, yet confessing that the body of Christ is one … Continue reading Are We Seeking To Live In A Season Of Wisdom As Evangelists That Are Guided By The Right Leader? →

   Good Morning Friends,      Today in our church service at Moorings, as many in our congregation prepare for the Ukrainian Orchestra and Choir performance later today at 4:00, we will sing as a Moorings choir Thomas Tallis' A New Covenant. And I think that Tallis music melds well with the events in our interwoven … Continue reading Are We Ready To Celebrate A New Kind Of Feast With And For Jesus? →

      Good Morning Friends,     Today's lectionary selection from Joel on this Friday the 13th reads a lot like Revelation 9 and all the woes of the end times. Part of the reading is about the time when Joel, a Temple prophet and lay botanist, lived and the occasion of an unprecedented locust plague … Continue reading If Jesus Defeated The Devil and Death, Why Do We Still Have To Fight Evil? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Today we revisit a recent lectionary selection about disappointed and disillusioned people who accuse God of being unfair. If you go to an institutional church, you most likely have seen the problem firsthand. But today let us interpret this issue through a passage from Romans. So, in review, we got … Continue reading What Is The Good Of Trying To Serve God If We Are Unsure Of Divine Will? →

      Good Morning Friends,  Today's lectionary passages are from Jonah and Luke and the topic of both relates to the proper purpose of prayer. We see Jonah's anger and him being reproved for his approach to prayer and in Luke we have the disciples asking to be taught how to pray in the power … Continue reading Are We Serving God In Our Audacious Prayers Or Have We Been Bewitched? →

      Good Morning Friends,     Today's lectionary is about the good side of what can happen when people get a second chance. The examples are some stubborn people. We have Jonah, who finally goes to Nineveh and revival comes. And then we have the story of Mary and busy Martha.  Both Mary and Martha … Continue reading If You Would You Like To Have A Do-Over, Are You Listening And Singing A Tune To God’s Prompting? →

   Good Morning Friends,     Today's lectionary is about the good side of what can happen when people get a second chance. The examples are some stubborn people. We have Jonah, who finally goes to Nineveh and revival comes. And then we have the story of Mary and busy Martha.  Both Mary and Martha were … Continue reading If You Would You Like To Have A Do-Over, Are You Listening And Singing A Tune To God’s Prompting? →