by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Oct 28, 2020 | Devotionals
Luke 11:37-52 “Woe also to you lawyers!… from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation” (Luke 11:46, 51) Over the last half-year or so, there’s been...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Oct 21, 2020 | Devotionals
Luke 10:17-24 “For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it” (Luke 10:24) There is this great scene in the oft-reviled The Godfather III, where an aging Michael Corleone is...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Oct 14, 2020 | Devotionals
Acts 27:9-26 “We were being pounded by the storm so violently that on the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard, and on the third day with their own hands they threw the ship’s tackle overboard. When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Oct 7, 2020 | Devotionals
Hosea 8:1-14 “For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind” (Hosea 8:7) The prophets are often good for a sick burn. Today’s selection is no different. I imagine the quoted portion above was a pre-existent proverb or folk wisdom, which Hosea uses to call...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Sep 30, 2020 | Devotionals
Luke 5:27-39 “Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house; and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them. The Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to his disciples, saying, ‘Why do you eat and drink with tax...
