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...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Sep 23, 2020 | Devotionals
Acts 19:1-10 “He entered the synagogue and for three months spoke out boldly, and argued persuasively about the kingdom of God. When some stubbornly refused to believe and spoke evil of the Way before the congregation, he left them, taking the disciples with him, and...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Sep 16, 2020 | Devotionals
Acts 16:16-24 “One day, as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners a great deal of money by fortune-telling…. She kept doing this for many days. But Paul, very much annoyed, turned and said to the...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Sep 9, 2020 | Devotionals
Job 29:1, 30:1-2, 16-31 “Surely one does not turn against the needy, when in disaster they cry for help. Did I not weep for those whose day was hard? Was not my soul grieved for the poor? But when I looked for good, evil came; and when I waited for light, darkness...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Sep 2, 2020 | Devotionals
John 8:47-59 “Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.’ So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple” (John 8:58-59) Can you imagine that church service!?! Note the setting for this showdown...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Aug 26, 2020 | Devotionals
John 7:1-13 “The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its works are evil” (John 7:7) Every time I hear language like “Christian nation” and even “God bless America,” I’m reminded of these words from our Lord: “The world… hates me.”...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Aug 19, 2020 | Devotionals
Psalm 4 “When you are disturbed, do not sin; ponder it on your beds, and be silent” (Psalm 4:4) If I’ve achieved any major growth as both a human and a disciple of Jesus Christ over the last five years, it’s been in learning to talk to myself about what is happening...
