by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Jun 30, 2021 | Devotionals
1 Samuel 12:1-25 “Here I am…” (1 Samuel 12:3) For those familiar with the story of the prophet Samuel – who read his own nativity story in the opening chapters of 1 Samuel – you will know that this refrain – “Here I am” – is significant. It is the refrain that...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Jun 23, 2021 | Devotionals
1 Samuel 7:2-17 “From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD” (1 Samuel 7:2) Biblical time is often confusing. At times we hear of people living well into their...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Jun 16, 2021 | Devotionals
Luke 20:27-40 It is rare that a passage from a previous Sunday’s sermon pops back up for this midweek devotion, but such is our good fortune this week. Luke 20:27-40 tells of Jesus’ interaction with the Sadducees; the one in which they challenge Jesus using Levirate...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Jun 9, 2021 | Devotionals, Sabbatical News
2 Corinthians 11:21b-33 “And, besides other things, I am under daily pressure because of my anxiety for all the churches” (2 Corinthians 11:28) Paul was clearly a pastor. Obviously, he was more than a pastor. A missionary, an apostle, prophetic in his writings, but he...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Jun 2, 2021 | Devotionals
Luke 17:20-37 “Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, and he answered, ‘The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed; nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There it is!’ For, in fact,...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | May 26, 2021 | Devotionals
Deuteronomy 4:25-31 “When you have had children and children’s children, and become complacent in the land…” (Deuteronomy 4:25) The Lord speaks to His people just on the wrong side of the Jordan – just as they’re about to cross onto the right side – and is...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | May 19, 2021 | Devotionals
Ezekiel 11:14-25 “Thus says the Lord GOD: Though I removed them far away among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a little while in the countries where they have gone” (Ezekiel 11:16) Another week of...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | May 12, 2021 | Devotionals
Deuteronomy 19:1-7 “When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land the LORD your God is giving you, and you have dispossessed them and settled in their towns and in their houses, 2you shall set apart three cities in the land that the LORD your God is giving...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | May 5, 2021 | Devotionals
Jeremiah 32:36-44 “Now therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, “It is being given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence”: 37See, I am going to gather them from all the lands to...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Apr 28, 2021 | Devotionals
Jeremiah 30:18-22 “And you shall be my people, and I will be your God” (Jeremiah 30:22) One of the earliest rules in writing is that you don’t begin a sentence with a conjunction. Yet here it is, in sacred scripture, just ripping apart all grammatical guidance. Since...
