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A Land without a People?

Read Genesis 15:1–6, 12–18 Today's daily lectionary reading from Genesis presents a troubling issue in the realms...
Bob Turner
February 22, 2024
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Walk in the Light

Read 1 John 1:3–10 John says, “God is light and in him there is no darkness at all” (v. 5). God is pure light of a...
Bob Turner
February 15, 2024
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The Evangelist

Read Luke 5:27–32 Would Levi recognize himself in the word evangelist? Maybe not; maybe he, like us, was...
Bob Turner
February 8, 2024
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Partners, Not Puppets

Read Psalm 138 I recently read a book by Michael Schur called How to Be Perfect. Schur was the principal writer of...
Bob Turner
February 1, 2024
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Kingdoms Divided

Read Mark 3:20–30. It was either during his first presidential campaign or his famous debates with Stephen Douglas...
Bob Turner
January 18, 2024
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The Well and the Rope

Read Psalm 69. The sides are too slippery;there is no fingerhold by whichto climb out of the wellwhere I have...
Bob Turner
January 11, 2024
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The Miracle of Epiphany

Read Isaiah 60:1–6. In times like these it is easy to sympathize with the sentiment expressed in Isaiah 60:2, which...
Bob Turner
January 4, 2024
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Keeping Watch

Read Mark 13:32–37. Have you ever wondered why the angel comes to visit those shepherds living in the fields...
Bob Turner
December 28, 2023
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The Wells of Salvation

Read Isaiah 12:2–6 “Surely God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid” (v. 2a). Isaiah puts these...
Bob Turner
December 14, 2023
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The Destination Is Love

Read 2 Peter 1:2–15 Peter, or more likely a later writer using Peter’s name, believes his readers need to “escape...
Bob Turner
November 30, 2023

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