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Matthew 14:22-33

Last week we heard about Jesus feeding the 5,000. Today’s passage comes immediately after that miracle. Do me a favor, would you? Put yourself in the crowd in front of Jesus. Can you imagine sitting there eating the food Jesus had just given you? How would you feel after witnessing the miracle Matthew has just described? How would you react? All that food from two fish and five loaves of bread. Would you shout out loud or sit there stunned and in silence? To be honest with y

Matt Soulia

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Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28

Our passage begins, “But Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings as [i.e., where his father Isaac was only] a resident alien–in the land of Canaan. These are the toledot of (accounts belonging/pertaining to) Jacob” (author’s translation). Both statements project a sense of transition. Previously, the narrative introduced Lot, then Ishmael, then Abraham’s sons by Keturah, only to inform us by laying their stories aside that none would inherit God’s promises to Abra

Matt Price

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Romans 10:5-15

Paul has a weighty task on his hands. As a recovering Pharisee, he is wanting to ensure that a tenuous tension remains in play: (1) that the law is not meant to be followed for the Christian convert because it has proven to not save, but only condemn and (2) that the law was and is good. Good luck, Paul. Jokes aside, Paul makes a careful and workable argument in the middle sections of Romans to hold this tension together. For Paul, believers in Christ are grafted into God’s

Timothy Brooks | Lead Pastor

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Psalm 105: 1-6, 16-22, 45b

The Psalm selection this week is comprised of verses from one of the longer Psalms in the Bible. The lectionary selects verses out of Psalm 105 that draws the hearer’s attention to the story of Joseph, which is introduced in the Old Testament lection for the week. Psalm 105 is also connected with the 16th chapter of 1 Chronicles. The first 15 verses of the Psalm are a part of hymn written by David that corresponded with moving the ark of the covenant. So, this Psalm connec

Tanner Griffin

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Acts 1:6-14

Leader Guide Participant Handout Lesson Focus: If we want to participate in the work that Jesus is doing in our world, bringing about the Kingdom of God, then we must pray and wait for God’s Spirit to empower us and send us out. Catching up on the story: Jesus has died, and has risen from the dead. In Luke he has appeared to the disciples, explaining and teaching more things to them. Jesus has ordered them to say in Jerusalem so that they might wait for the gift that the Fath

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Ascension / Seventh Sunday of Easter

Call to Worship: Psalm 93 One: Alleluia! Christ is Risen!+ Many: Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! One: The Lord is King; he has put on splendid apparel; the Lord has put on his apparel and girded himself with strength. Many: He has made the whole world so sure that it cannot be moved; One: Ever since the world began, your throne has been established; you are from everlasting. Many: The waters have lifted up, O Lord, the waters have lifted up their voice; the waters have lift

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Matthew 14:22-33

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