Religious Leaders as Corrupt Tenants — Bible Reflection for Thursday, December 7
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-december-7-2023 Matthew 21:33-46 The Parable of the Tenants 33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a...
Living Godly Lives in a Pagan World — Bible Reflection for December 4 2023
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-december-4-2023 I Peter 2:11-21 and 3:1-7 Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society 11 Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful...
Contrasting Grace and Fairness — Bible Reflection for Thursday, November 30
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-november-30-2023 Matthew 20:1-16 The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to...
Discipline Tempered with Mercy — Bible Reflection for Tuesday, November 28
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: Matthew 18:21-35 https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-november-28-2023 The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant 21Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who...
Finding the Lost Sheep — Bible Reflection for Monday, November 27
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-november-27-2023 Matthew 18:10-14 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 10 “See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven...
Why the Transfiguration Matters — Bible Reflection for Monday, November 20
Listen to the audion of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-november-20-2023 Matthew 17:1-13 The Transfiguration 1After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by...
The Yeast of Judgment and Hypocrisy — Bible Reflection for Thursday, November 16
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-november-16-2023 Matthew 16:5-12 The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees 5 When they went across the lake, the disciples forgot to take bread. 6 “Be careful,” Jesus said to...
A Troubling Story and a Healing Miracle — Bible Reflection for Tuesday, November 14
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-november-14-2023 Matthew 15:21-28 The Faith of a Canaanite Woman 21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Canaanite woman from that...
The Problem with Purity — Bible Reflection for Monday, November 13
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-november-13-2023 Matthew 15:1-20 Clean and Unclean 1Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2 “Why do your disciples break the...
Going Deeper with God — Bible Reflection for Thursday, November 9
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-november-9-2023 Psalm 42 1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with...