HIT THE ROAD – One Bread, One Body, May 9, 2014
Acts 9:1-20 | Psalm 117:1-2 | John 6:52-59 “I have been sent by the Lord Jesus Who appeared to you on the road.” —Acts 9:17, our transl. Saul went to Jerusalem and then to Damascus to arrest those who were “living according to the new way” (Acts 9:2)
THE RESURRECTION DESERT – One Bread, One Body, May 8, 2014
Acts 8:26-40 | Psalm 66:8-9, 16-17, 20 | John 6:44-51 “Head south toward the road which goes from Jerusalem to Gaza, the desert route.” —Acts 8:26 We’ve just spent forty days fasting in the Lenten desert, in imitation of Jesus’ forty-day desert fast (Mt 4:1-2). Now Jesus is risen, and we celebrate the season of Easter, a fifty-day Sunday of feasting and rejoicing. Yet, like Philip, some of …
FOUND AND LOST? – One Bread, One Body, May 7, 2014
Acts 8:1-8 | Psalm 66:1-7 | John 6:35-40 “It is the will of Him Who sent Me that I should lose nothing of what He has given Me.” —John 6:39 “Indeed, this is the will of My Father, that everyone who looks upon the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life” (Jn 6:40). God the Father wants all “to be saved and come to know the truth” (1 Tm 2:4). He even sent His Son Jesus to die …
TRUTH-LOVE – One Bread, One Body, May 6, 2014
Acts 7:51—8:1 | Psalm 31:3-4, 6-8, 17, 21 | John 6:30-35 “Those who listened to his words were stung to the heart.” —Acts 7:54 St. Stephen was an in-your-face, confrontational preacher. He called his Jewish listeners “stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears” (Acts 7:51)
WHY ME, OR WHY I? – One Bread, One Body, May 5, 2014
Acts 6:8-15 | Psalm 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30 | John 6:22-29 “I assure you, you are not looking for Me because you have seen signs but because you have eaten your fill of the loaves.” —John 6:26 The crowd asked Jesus: ” When did You come here?” (Jn 6:25) They meant: ” How did you come here?” However, Jesus answered neither of their questions. Instead, Jesus posed His own question: “Why did the crowd come here?” Jesus …