Tag: Shorts

  • Consequences of Choosing a King What were those consequences? A king would take their sons for his service, whether that was military or to plow his lands and reap his harvest. Others he would use to make weapons of war. He’ll take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. He will take your…

  • Sins of Omission Eli is about to fall, because Eli’s sons have been blaspheming God over and over. Specifically, they have been verbally abusing the worshippers that come into the temple. They have been stealing the offerings that people were giving to God and claiming them for themselves. And they were forcing the female servants…

  • A Miraculous Pentecost And today on Pentecost, we celebrate the fulfillment of God’s Word as given by the prophet Joel. So let’s dig into this story, starting with the events in Acts chapter 2. As the scene opens, the disciples are gathered together in Jerusalem in obedience to Jesus’ command on Ascension Day. If you…

  • The Importance of Mothers Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate women, especially the mother figures in your life, whether these maternal figures brought you forth from birth or entered your life through acts of love and caring. Mother’s Day, as you know, was created in 1907. But did you know that Hallmark didn’t begin…

  • The Joyful Sound of Music in Worship Have you ever noticed that when the Bible talks about joy, it almost always talks about music and singing? There is a joy that I think that can really only be expressed through music. And I take our pianist Beatrice as an example. First off, she’s a joy…