How to Read the Bible
Have you told yourself a thousand times you were going to read the Bible?
THE PENTECOST GUILT-TRIP – One Bread, One Body, May 11, 2014
Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 2:14, 36-41 | 1 Peter 2:20-25 | Psalm 23:1-6 | John 10:1-10 “When they heard this, they were deeply shaken.” —Acts 2:37 There were two outpourings of the Holy Spirit at the first Christian Pentecost. At nine AM, one-hundred and twenty people received the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:15; 2:15).
THE COMPANY LINE – One Bread, One Body, May 10, 2014
St. Damien of Molokai Acts 9:31-42 | Psalm 116:12-17 | John 6:60-69 “From this time on, many of His disciples broke away and would not remain in His company any longer.” —John 6:66 What on earth could Jesus have possibly said that would result in many of His disciples refusing to remain in His company
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 …