Posts from August 2022

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Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: Put Down What You Love; Pick Up What You Hate It is an unavoidable hard truth. Our relationship with Jesus will put us in situations where we must decide where love for him ranks compared to love for other people and things. And Jesus is not content to be one of […]

Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: The Humble Will Be Exalted; The Exalted Will Be Humbled Everyone knows that humility is a positive trait and pride is a negative one. So, why bother talking about what we already know? Because in spite of that knowledge, we still helplessly fall into the trap of pride. We cannot help […]

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: The First Will Be Last; The Last Will Be First When it comes to the difficult and uncomfortable topic of who goes to heaven and who goes to hell, it is natural to want to avoid the issue. One way we do that is to direct our attention to theoretical questions. […]

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: We Want Peace But God’s Word Divides We often divide humanity into groupings that are not really significant: this ethnic group versus that one, men versus women, wealthy versus the poor. Yet, every ethnic group is under God’s law. That law convicts both men and women of sin. Because of sin, […]