Tag: trust
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“Promises, Promises”
Context matters, including for the Biblical promises, but the deep promise of God’s redemptive purposes for humankind is itself the context for all of our lives.
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Studying Matthew 6 19-34
We are studying Matthew 6:19-34 for Sunday, June 6. This is a part of the Sermon on the Mount we didn’t look at closely the last time we studied the Sermon on the Mount (last year, notes here and here). This time, we’ll be looking closely at Jesus’s remarks on not worrying or striving after…
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Reassurance
On Sunday, we got an interesting take on the parable of the sower (Matthew 13:1-23). We often read it as a parable about how we ought to hear the Word and respond to it. We get the message that we should try not to be those people who don’t understand, or who are shallow or…
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Study Notes – 1 Kings 17 8-16
We are studying 1 Kings 17:8-16 for Sunday, October 13, the story of Elijah and the widow of Zarephath (we don’t know her name). [A few questions on the text are here.] Here are my notes on this text: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: The story is told in 1 Kings, what we might think of as…
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Numbers 13 1 – 14 10
We are studying Numbers 13:1-14:10 for Sunday, September 22, focusing on Numbers 13:25-28 and 14:5-10. This is the beginning of the story of the spies, and the Israelites’ initial refusal to enter the Promised Land. [My notes on the text are here.] Here are a couple of questions about the text, which we might want…
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Psalm 91
We are studying Psalm 91 for Sunday, February 24. Psalm 91 is a popular “favorite psalm” of human trust and divine assurance. [Study notes on this text.] Here are a few questions we might want to consider as we study and discuss the text: Verse 1 evokes an image of place and stability: “living” or…
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Fifth Sunday in Lent
Whose voice do we hear when we read Psalm 23? I don’t know how many people ask themselves this question; I have to admit, I don’t always notice this kind of thing myself … but I learned this week that this is an old question, that a lot of famous Christians, like Augustine and Calvin…
Matters of Interpretation 