What Brought THAT On? Unforgivable? Read: Matthew 26:36-56; 27:1-5 When Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders.…
What Brought THAT On? Suffering Servant Read: Isaiah 53 Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our…
What Brought THAT On? Gag Order? Read: 1 Corinthians 14:26-36 Women should be silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate, as the law also says. If there is…
What Brought THAT On? Stand By Me Read: Psalm 137 O daughter Babylon, you devastator! Happy shall they be who pay you back what you have done to us! Happy shall they be who take your little…
What Brought THAT On? Good Intentions Read: Romans 7:14-20 I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate (Romans 7:15, NRSV). Don’t…
What Brought THAT On? High Anxiety-Deep Peace Read: Psalm 46 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of the city;…
Notorious The Woman Caught in Adultery Read: John 7:53 – 8:11 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery; and making her stand before all of them, they said to…
Notorious The Woman at the Well Read: John 4:1-42 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon. A Samaritan woman came to draw water,…
Notorious Aaron Read: Exodus 32 [The people] said to me, “Make us gods, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land…
Notorious Ananias and Sapphira Read: Acts 4:32 – 5:16 But a man named Ananias, with the consent of his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property; with his wife’s knowledge, he kept back some…
