John 9:1-7 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the...

Psalm 19 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. 3 There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. 4 Their voice  goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun, 5 which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion, like...

I will be the first to admit that a baby is cute.  There is something about a baby’s smile that draws an individual in to quickly fall in love with that precious gift of life.  Living in a postmodern world where no absolute truth exists and proper worldviews are influentially shaped by experience over reason, it is no wonder that many who come from the postmodern worldview struggle with the Biblical understanding of the nature of...

Morning Stand firm thus in the Lord. “My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.” For the LORD loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever.—The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. “My righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.” But we are not of those who shrink back and...

Morning “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.” And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.—For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God.—By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Welcome to today’s Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation covering Matthew 23:1-4 wherein we are brought back to the need for right preaching and practicing. Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, so practice and observe whatever they tell you—but not what they do.  For they preach, but do not practice.  They...