Weekly Readings for the week of 5/29/16

Sunday's text, in commemoration of Memorial Day, is Psalm 91, the "First Responder's Psalm".

Different Psalms offer different reasons to sing to the Lord.  This week, we will sample those.

Mon, May 30: Psalm 88-Crying out to be saved from death.

Tue, May 31: Psalm 34-Singing to the Lord in praise and trust.

Wed, Jun 1: Psalm 43-Calling out to the Lord for vindication.

Thu, Jun 2: Psalm 144-A psalm for the soldier preparing for war.

Fri, Jun 3: Psalm 111-A psalm singing why we should praise our God.

Sat, Jun 4: Psalm 148- A psalm of praise that outlines the chorus of who should sing to the Lord.

Readings for the week of May 22, 2016

5/23 Monday: Gen. 17: (1-8) 9-27  The story of the completion of the covenant from Sunday’s text.

5/24 Tuesday: Gen. 18: 1-15  Following the covenant comes the promise of and heir through Sarah.

5/25 Wednesday: Acts 3: 1-10 (11-16)  This is the full story of the healing that leads to Sunday’s passage.

5/26 Thursday: Acts 3: 17-25  This is the conclusion of the chapter and the after-preaching.

5/27 Friday: Acts 4: 1-22  Peter and John speaking before the religious leadership in Jerusalem.

5/28 Saturday: Acts 4: 23-37  How their testimony affected the growth of the church.

Readings for the Week of May 15, 2016

We are dealing with the book of Revelations.  The readings this week lead into the Rev. passage from this Sunday.  We begin with an introduction on why John is writing the book from Rev. 1 and then look to chapters 17 and 18, leading into 19.

A couple of images to consider: “Babylon” and “the whore of Babylon” are the city of Rome.  The city is built on 7 hills.  It was the busiest trade city in the empire and considered to be the most "paganly" and corrupt. 

These passages are shorter this week because the imagery is so dense.

Mon. May 16: Rev. 1: 9-19   Why this book was written.

Tue. May 17: Rev. 17: 1-8

Wed. May 18: Rev. 17: 9-18

Thu. May 19: Rev. 18: 1-10

Fri. May 20: Rev. 18: 11-19

Sat. May 21: Rev. 18: 20-24

The concluding passage from May 15 is Rev. 19: 1-10.  You are invited to read it again in contrast to what came before.