by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Dec 2, 2020 | Devotionals
Isaiah 2:1-4 Many peoples shall come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Nov 25, 2020 | Devotionals
Psalm 132 O LORD, remember in David’s favor all the hardships he endured; how he swore to the LORD and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob, “I will not enter my house or get into my bed; I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, until I find a place for...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Nov 18, 2020 | Devotionals
James 3:13-4:12 “Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God?” (James 4:4) Given the negative tone of the above verse, it would be odd for me to say that it is one of my “favorite” verses. Favorite verses, after all, should be reserved for...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Nov 11, 2020 | Devotionals
Psalm 48 “Walk about Zion, go all around it, count its towers, consider well its ramparts; go through its citadels, that you may tell the next generation that this is God, our God forever and ever. He will be our guide forever” (Psalm 48:12-14) The psalmist delights...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Nov 4, 2020 | Devotionals
Zephaniah 2:1-15 “Gather together, gather, O shameless nation, 2before you are driven away like the drifting chaff, before there comes upon you the fierce anger of the Lord, before there comes upon you the day of the Lord’s wrath. 3Seek the Lord, all you humble of the...
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...
