Mark 10:46-52; Jesus uses physical blindness to point out the much more deadly sickness of spiritual blindness. In this passage the blind man could see Jesus but all the seeing people were blind to Jesus. Can you see?

John 1:14-18; John is building an argument about who Jesus is. Today we see that Jesus ins't merely the Pre-existing Word that stands aloof from his creation, but that he actually takes on flesh and dwells with us. We talk about what some of those things mean for our understanding of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 2:1-10

John 1:6-13; Today we see the Witness to the Word; the Arrival of the Word; The Rejection of the Word; and The Mission of the Word.

John 1:1-5; Who is Jesus? A Teacher? A Philosopher? A Social Reformer? The Bible tells us that Jesus is God. Specifically John tells us that Jesus is the Pre-Existent Word; the Almighty Creator; and the Life and Light of Men. Since Jesus is God this world his his, we are his creation and we must bow to him.

1 Samuel 8:10-22; The people of Israel want a king. And Yahweh is going to give them what they want, but not before He warns them. In this passage we see The LORD's Warning; The People's Refusal; and The LORD's Judgment. Ultimately we see that God's people need a better mediator.

1 Samuel 7:15-8:9; In spite of Samuel's faithful ministry to Israel in his old age God's people decide that they want a king. God exposes his people's hearts; that we do not want Yahweh as our king but desire instead to be ruled by earthly kings. In this sad chapter of Israel's history we still hear the call to put our faith in Jesus Christ, our great king!

1 Samuel 7:2-14; The people are returning to the LORD. But it sure does take a long time! 20 whole years. And Samuel still has to tell God's people to "put away their idols". In this passage we see the Prayer of Repentance; the Lamb of Salvation; and the Stone of Remembrance.

1 Samuel 6:1-7:2; In this passage we see how various people deal with their greatest problem: their guilt before Yahweh. We see the Holiness of God, the Wrath of God and the Grace of God.

1 Samuel 5:1-12; On the heels of defeat the Philistines sought to mock Yahweh and Israel by placing the Ark of the Covenant in Dagon's temple. Dagon swoons over Yahweh. The Philistines soon realize that Yahweh can not be controlled or simply put away.