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Day 10
As I grew up in the church, I was always taught that the wrath of God on Sodom and Gomorrah was because of their sexual sins, but Ezekiel 16:49-50 reveals that the immorality was a symptom of root...
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Sunday 2
The six Sundays are not counted among the forty days of Lent because each Sunday represents a “mini-Easter” – a celebration of Jesus’ victory over sin and death. Traditionally, the practice has...
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Day 11
The pictures painted in Acts 2:42-47 and Acts 4:32-35 are beautiful; the community is marked by God’s grace, inclusivity, unity, fellowship and sharing. In this community, people “sold property and...
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Day 12
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and...
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Day 13
How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can...
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Day 14
Imagine a place where it is not uncommon for a newborn to be orphaned through HIV/AIDS, trafficked and sold into slavery or sacrificed for organs, where infants are sometimes abandoned at birth, left...
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Day 15
Reading the account of creation in Genesis 1 and 2 reminds us that God loves all that he made – each part received his affirmation that it was good! He took great care to design every aspect of it and...
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Day 16
Verses such as Proverbs 14:31, 19:17 and 22:9 reveal how much God delights in our generosity and care for poor and needy people. Charitable actions honour God! It is as if every single deed...
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Sunday 3
The six Sundays are not counted among the forty days of Lent because each Sunday represents a “mini-Easter” – a celebration of Jesus’ victory over sin and death. Traditionally, the practice has...
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Day 17
From its very inception, the Church was given a mandate to care for those with needs in their midst. Acts 6:1-7 teaches a couple of key principles. As a church sets up a structure to care for physical...
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Day 18
Do you remember when you first knew that you are loved? “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters” (1...
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Day 19
How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked? Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them...
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Day 20
Lee Beach, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Christian Ministry and Director of Ministry Formation at McMaster Divinity College, in Hamilton, Ont. He writes: Apologetics is the branch of Christian...
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Day 21
Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. Continue to remember...
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Day 22
The message to the Church in Laodicea in Revelation 3:14-22 is an exhortation given to a community of faith; it has personal application, but first and foremost, it is a message for a local church...
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Sunday 4
The six Sundays are not counted among the forty days of Lent because each Sunday represents a “mini-Easter” – a celebration of Jesus’ victory over sin and death. Traditionally, the practice has...
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Day 23
We are more than halfway through this 40 Day journey. The message is certainly coming through that God cares deeply for vulnerable people and requires his followers to structure their lives in a way...
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Day 24
The Church, from its inception, has been concerned for poor people. In Galatians 2, Paul was being affirmed by the Apostles for ministry among the Gentiles; James, Peter and John urged him to not...
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Day 25
“What should we do then?” This question was asked three times, in Luke 3:7-14, by people in very different circumstances of life. It was asked in response to John the Baptist’s exhortation that a life...
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Day 26
While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume...
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