by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Feb 10, 2021 | Devotionals
2 Timothy 1:15-2:13 “You are aware that all who are in Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain…” (2 Timothy 1:15-16) One...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Feb 3, 2021 | Devotionals
Mark 8:11-26 “Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again…” (Mark 8:25) Listen. I’m preaching this to myself as much as anyone reading this because it is a hard lesson to learn – especially if you have even the faintest streak of perfectionism in your soul....
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Jan 27, 2021 | Devotionals
Isaiah 49:1-12 “Listen to me, O coastlands, pay attention, you peoples from far away! The LORD called me before I was born, while I was in my mother’s womb he named me. He made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Jan 20, 2021 | Devotionals
Ephesians 5:1-14 “Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them” (Ephesians 5:11) Near the end of Paul’s letter to the church in Ephesus, he does what Paul almost always does – he gives a quick series of ethical injunctions. I suspect that...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Jan 13, 2021 | Devotionals
Mark 1:29-45 “Then the fever left her, and she began to serve them. That evening, at sunset, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons” (Mark 1:31-32) This early healing in Mark’s gospel of Simon Peter’s mother-in-law has always been a favorite of...
