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  TODAY'S SCRIPTURE Luke 20 (ESV)   TODAY'S DEVOTIONAL Wake Up Call Luke 20:9-13-  And he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while. When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. And he sent another servant. But they also beat and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed. And he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out. Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’” Come walk with Jesus—day by day, chapter by chapter—through the Gospels.  This daily journey is shaped in Scripture, rooted in community, and alive with the Spirit’s work in us. Let’s wake up to His love together.  Led by J.D. Walt (of Seedbed)...

  TODAY'S SCRIPTURE Luke 6 (ESV)   TODAY'S DEVOTIONAL Wake Up Call Luke 6:37-38-  “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Come walk with Jesus—day by day, chapter by chapter—through the Gospels.  This daily journey is shaped in Scripture, rooted in community, and alive with the Spirit’s work in us. Let’s wake up to His love together.  Led by J.D. Walt (of Seedbed).   So when isn't the Golden Rule to be in effect as we live our lives? In other words, what are the specific situations when Jesus gives His followers a pass from doing unto others as they do unto you? (Long pause...) Nothing comes to my mind either, which isn't to say it's easy or that we won't need correction along th...

  TODAY'S SCRIPTURE Mark 15 (NIV)   TODAY'S DEVOTIONAL Wake Up Call Mark 15:1-2-  Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate. “Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate. “You have said so,” Jesus replied. Come walk with Jesus—day by day, chapter by chapter—through the Gospels.  This daily journey is shaped in Scripture, rooted in community, and alive with the Spirit’s work in us. Let’s wake up to His love together.  Led by J.D. Walt (of Seedbed).   The Temple in Jerusalem of Jesus' day had an outer court where Gentiles were permitted. This would have been the area from which Jesus threw out the moneychangers, who were taking advantage of the poor and making a mockery of the Temple's purpose. The next area was a smaller courtyard Gentiles were not permitted to enter for Jewish women and children. There ...

    TODAY'S SCRIPTURE Mark 8 (ESV)   TODAY'S DEVOTIONAL Wake Up Call Mark 8:22-25-  And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind  man and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. Come walk with Jesus—day by day, chapter by chapter—through the Gospels.  This daily journey is shaped in Scripture, rooted in community, and alive with the Spirit’s work in us. Let’s wake up to His love together.  Led by J.D. Walt (of Seedbed).   In the gospels we see Jesus healing people in many unique ways- from a distance, by touching a person, by proclaiming forgiveness of sins, ...