Today’s Reading: Luke 5:12-28  Key Verse: “After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. ‘Follow me,’ Jesus said to him, 28 and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.” Luke 5:27-28 Tony Campolo told how, upon arrival in Honolulu, he made his way unwittingly…

Today’s Reading: Luke 4:31-5:11 Key Verse:  “He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.” Luke 5:3 Tiger Woods had one of the most incredible first years of any professional golfer in…

Today’s Reading: Luke 3:23-38  John’s message was direct and plain. He pulled no punches. He came directly to the point. He charged them with their sins. There was no “Political correctness” about it. John did not want to be guessing about the effect of his ministry. He wanted to see proofs. If a person truly repented,…

Today’s Reading: Luke 3:1-22  Many of you would have read or seen Winne-the-Pooh. As I read stories of Winne the Pooh I found Pooh bear to be at the mercy of his surroundings. For example, in one story, Pooh bear comes down the stairs bump, bump bump on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin…

Today’s Reading: Luke 2:36-52 Key Verse: “And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.” Luke 2:52 A balanced life is a process of perpetual learning intellectually, physically, socially and spiritually as modelled by Jesus in our text for today. JESUS GREW IN WISDOM: This is the Intellectual Development. Jesus as you…

Today’s Reading: Luke 1:57-80 (additional reading: Psalm 58:1-11 & Proverbs 11:12-13 ) It has been said that if our greatest need had been information, God would have sent us an educator. If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist. If our greatest need had been money, God would have…

Today’s Reading: Luke 1:26-56 You know that feeling you get in your stomach when you are going down the first drop of a roller coaster. It’s the same feeling when you hear horrible news. Your stomach feels like it has just been kicked in. The New Testament has a Greek word for that feeling; it is…

Today’s Reading: Luke 1:1-25 Key Verse: “Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly. But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old. ” Luke 1:6-7 Jeanne Olsen, a mother of five from Illinois, took her daughter Kirsten, age 9,…

Today’s Reading: Mark 16:1-20 (additional reading: Psalm 55:1-23 & Proverbs 11:7) Online, you can find a photo of a rock weather station. That’s right, a rock hanging on a rope with a large sign next to it. Weather Station report “Check the rock if it’s wet it’s raining, if the rock is swinging it’s windy, if it’s dry it’s…

Today’s Reading: Mark 15:1-47  “He saved others, but He can’t save Himself!” (Mark 15:29-32) As Jesus hung on the cross, persons at the foot of the cross made statements that made sense from a human perspective. “If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross. Then we will believe you.” Sounds like a…