Two Modest Metaphors for the Kingdom — Bible Reflection for Monday, November 6
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-november-6-2023 Matthew 13:31-35 The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast 31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man...
What the Four Horsemen Represent — Bible Reflection for Thursday, November 2
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-november-2-2023 Revelation 6:1-11 The Seals 1I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like...
Thinking About the Revelation — Bible Reflection for Tuesday, October 31
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-october-31-2023 Revelation 4:1-11 The Throne in Heaven 1After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard...
Adoption Into the Family of God — Bible Reflection for Monday, October 30
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-october-30-2023 Matthew 12:46-50 Jesus’ Mother and Brothers 46 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to...
Jesus and Hebrew Tradition — Bible Reflection for Thursday, October 26
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-october-26-2023a Matthew 12:15-21 God’s Chosen Servant 15 Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. 16 He...
Jesus Disrupts Relationships — Bible Reflection for Thursday, October 19
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-october-19-2023 Matthew 10:34-39 34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.35 For I have come to turn...
Preparing the Apostles for Hardship — Bible Reflection for Tuesday, October 17
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-october-17-2023 Matthew 10:16-22 16“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. 17Be on your guard; you will be...
Love, Charity and Commitment — Bible Reflection for Monday, October 16
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-october-16-2023 I Corinthians 13:1-13 Love 1If I speak in the tongues of people and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I...
Diversity as the DNA of the Church — Bible Reflection for Friday the Thirteenth
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-october-13-2023 I Corinthians 12:12-26 One Body, Many Parts 12 The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body....
Thinking About Spiritual Gifts — Bible Reflection for Thursday, October 12
Listen to the audio of today's Reflection: https://soundcloud.com/hapearce/reflection-for-october-12-2023 I Corinthians 12:1-11 Spiritual Gifts 1Now about the spiritual gifts, brothers [and sisters], I do not want you to be ignorant. 2 You know that when you...