Jesus’ Confrontations with the Pharisees “No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You… 2025-09-17 Just Getting Ahead

Jesus’ Confrontations with the Pharisees Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,  they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled,… 2025-09-16 Dirty Hands vs. Corrupt Hearts

Jesus’ Confrontations with the Pharisees So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”  Some… 2025-09-15 The Blindness of the Pharisees

1. In this life, whose approval do you seek? 2. Does God approve of you? Why? 3. If you catch yourself planning to do evil, what should you do? 4. Noble: having excellent qualities. List… 2025-09-13 Weekend Rest Journal

Ecclesiates Series Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of holiness, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity. Ecclesiastes… 2025-09-12 How will I be Remembered?

Ecclesiastes Series I say, keep the command of the king because of the oath before God. Do not be in a hurry to leave him. Do not join in an evil matter… a wise heart… 2025-09-11 Who is in Charge Here?

Ecclesiastes Series Who is like a wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, And the sternness of his face is changed. Ecclesiastes 8:1 The wise… 2025-09-10 Noble Character

Ecclesiastes Series I applied my heart to know, to search and seek out wisdom and the reason of things, to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness… Truly, this only I have… 2025-09-09 Our Situation in the World

Ecclesiastes Series Also do not take to heart everything people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. For many times, also, your own heart has known that even you have cursed others. Ecclesiastes 7:21-22… 2025-09-08 Whose Approval Do We Seek?

1. Read Psalm 127. What does it teach about work and God’s role in your labor? 2. In what ways can you see your job (or daily tasks) as service to God and neighbor? 3.… 2025-09-06 Weekend Rest Journal