1The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. 2Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge. 3There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; 4yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their
Today’s Reading: Read Numbers 13:1; 13:17-20; Numbers 14:6-9; Numbers 14:20-24 Have you ever been really thirsty? Try eating a couple of crackers but don’t drink any water after you eat them. Read today’s devotional, we will tell you when to get a drink! The Israelites were wandering in the wilderness,
Next Generation Evangelism: 3 Approaches and a Way Forw Though the practice of sharing their faith is much more challenging for young people in an increasingly secularized society, young Christians do evangelize. Taking a broad look, there seem to be three primary approaches that young people today seem to take
The Catholic tradition has much to say about the relation of science to the faith. In what follows I will discuss the development of that tradition, starting with its roots in Sacred Scripture and ending with some of the writings of St. John Paul II. A good place to start
Scot The story is told of a man in war and in the heat of the battle he was shot in the chest. By a miracle he was spared being killed. As he was taken back to the safety of the nearby camp, he was examined and he had a
Unpacking Disaffiliation By Thomas Lambrecht By my count, as of December 31, 2023, 7,651 churches have disaffiliated from The United Methodist Church in the U.S. since 2019. This represents 25.8 percent of the number of churches that were listed by the denomination in 2019. Dr. Lovett Weems, of the Lewis
The following is taken from the 2024 ELCA World Hunger Lent Study. The full resource can be ordered as a hardcopy or downloaded as a PDF in English or Spanish at the link here. Week 2 — Transfiguration ••• Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Psalm 22:23-31 Romans 4:13-25 Mark 8:31-38 or Mark
Today’s Reading: Read Numbers 3:1-9; 4:46-50 In Leviticus 8:1-14, we learned all about the requirements for being a priest. Now as the Israelites are about to start their journey, God identified exactly who the priests would be. The Levite tribe was chosen and instructed to get direction from Aaron and