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The human mind demands explanations to the ultimate questions of life, and that the simple accumulation of facts doesn’t always guarantee complete and satisfactory answers.

Today’s lesson scripture builds on this week’s theme: that God’s call will always be accompanied by his empowering presence.  Israel was called - through Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and now Moses – to serve as God’s messenger to the world.  We see this call reiterated in today’s scripture from Isaiah:
8 But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I [...]

I hope the class discussion was good today.  I was “riding the circuit” this week with the Mark/Monroe class (discussing the Liturgy of the Hours) and I’m scheduled to teach the Belle Bennett class next week, so I’ll miss our MVT discussions.
We’ve been focusing on Moses all week – from his birth, to his identification [...]

This quarter focuses on God’s “Call” – to Moses, to the people of Israel and – by extension – us.  We closed out last quarter with a discussion surrounding “the whole armor of God” and – in particular – the need for such armor in “this present darkness”.  When those words were written, like much [...]

Let’s start with Isaiah before moving on to today’s lesson scripture from Psalm 119.  The scripture from Isaiah that I want to bring into the discussion is from chapter 49, in the first three verses of which, Israel is likened to a sword:
1 Listen to me, O coastlands, pay attention, you peoples from far away! The [...]

We had pretty good attendance for a holiday – maybe it was the rain.  The lesson scripture for this week was drawn from the 5th and 6th chapters of Ephesians.  Here it is:

21 Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22 Wives, be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord.
23 For the husband [...]

A couple of thoughts from today’s lesson scripture:  (1) one relates to the issues we (using the term loosely) discussed (using the term loosely again) last week – that is the justice of God: and (2) one relates to the requirement that we submit to God.  First, let’s look at today’s lesson scripture:
21 Then Moses called [...]

Do you see why I’ve started blogging again this week?  Today’s lesson is entitled “God’s secret revealed”.  Okay, so let’s take a look at the lesson scripture for today:
1  Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land [...]

     Today’s lesson speaks to us about being present and “paying attention to God”.  It is easy to be focused and pay attention to God when we offer up our prayers to Him as individuals, but do we become distracted when we gather together and worship Him as “one body”?  Are we more intent on [...]

Also referred to as the “Service of the Table” or the “Eucharist”, the celebration of this sacrament is both something that sets Christianity apart from its Jewish roots, and builds on those roots.   Traditional emphasis existed in the Jewish faith for partaking of food together in temple, synagogue and home.  At the time of Passover, the [...]