June 16, 2024 READ: John 5 (Focus vs. 1-9) MEMORY VERSE “At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.” John 5:9 BACKGROUND A new cause for hope has emerged for people paralyzed by spinal cord
JUNE 17, 2024 READ: Deuteronomy 24:17-22 MEMORY VERSE “When you are harvesting in your field . . . leave [some] for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow.” Deuteronomy 24:19 BACKGROUND A few years ago, our church was invited to
JUNE 15, 2024 READ: Galatians 5 (Focus vs.13-18) MEMORY VERSE “Do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.” Galatians 5:13 BACKGROUND When my “uncle” Emory passed away, the tributes were many and
June 14, 2024 READ: Mark 5 (Focus vs. 21-34) MEMORY VERSE “Daughter, your faith has healed you.” Mark 5:34 BACKGROUND During a Saturday morning Bible study, a father was perplexed because his beloved, wayward daughter had returned to the city,
JUNE 13, 2024 READ: Matthew 24 (Focus vs. 36-44) MEMORY VERSE “You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” Matthew 24:44 BACKGROUND My friend Paul was awaiting
June 12, 2024 READ: Psalm 139 (Focus vs. 13-18) MEMORY VERSE “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful BACKGROUND Although neuroscience has made great progress in understanding how the brain works, scientists admit
JUNE 11, 2024 READ: Isaiah 22 (Focus vs.15–24) MEMORY VERSE “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.” Revelation 14:13 BACKGROUND Irish poet W. B. Yeats wanted to be buried “Under Ben Bulben,” a stately flat-topped mountain after which
June 10, 2024 READ: 2 Timothy 4 (Focus vs.1-8) MEMORY VERSE “Keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist.” 2 Timothy 4:5 BACKGROUND When the Titanic hit an iceberg in April 1912, Pastor John
JUNE 9, 2024 READ: 2 Corinthians 9 (Focus vs. 6-11) MEMORY VERSE “Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give.” 2 Corinthians 9:7 BACKGROUND At the after-school Bible club where my wife Sue serves
June 8, 2024 READ: Genesis 35 (Focus vs.1-5) MEMORY VERSE “Throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the Lord.” Joshua 24:23 BACKGROUND The men in the Bible study group were nearly eighty years
