Sermons – Grace In the Desert: Recent Episodes
Pastor Greg Webster
“From the Word to Stone to Flesh: Torah’s Living Covenant,” pt 14 Hebrews 11:17-22 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 17 By faith Abraham, when put to the test, offered up Isaac. He who had received the promises was ready to offer up his only son, 18 of whom he had been told, “It is […]
“From the Word to Stone to Flesh – Torah’s Living Covenant,” pt 13 Matthew 4:23-5:6 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 23 Jesus went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people. 24 So his fame spread throughout […]
Pastor John Schachinger Sabbath Sermon July 18, 2026 John 1:17-18 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 17 The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God. It is the only Son, himself God, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made […]
Pastor John Schachinger Sabbath Sermon July 11, 2026 Matthew 16:13-18 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist but others Elijah and still […]
“From the Word to Stone to Flesh: Torah’s Living Covenant,” pt 12 A note from Pastor Greg – “I mistakenly claimed that this passage in 1Chronicles was the first time the title appears of “The God of Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob (Israel) when actually it occurs twice in Exodus before this. Sorry about my mistake.” […]
“From the Word to Stone to Flesh: Torah’s Living Covenant, pt 11” Hebrews 11:8-12 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance, and he set out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By […]
“From the Word to Stone to Flesh: Torah’s Living Covenant,” pt 10 Galatians 3:1-7 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 3 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified! 2 The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you […]
“From the Word to Stone to Flesh: Torah’s Living Covenant,” pt 9 Genesis 17:1-7 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless. 2 And I will make my covenant between me […]
“From the Word to Stone to Flesh: Torah’s Living Covenant,” pt 8 Romans 4:1-7 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 4 What then are we to say was gained by Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. […]
“From the Word to Stone to Flesh: Torah’s Living Covenant,” pt 7 Hebrews 6:13-19 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 13 When God made a promise to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, 14 saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply you.” 15 And thus […]
Leviticus 26:9-13 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 9 I will look with favor upon you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will maintain my covenant with you. 10 You shall eat old grain long stored, and you shall have to clear out the old to make way for the new. 11 […]
“From the Word to Stone to Flesh: Torah’s Living Covenant,” pt 5 Luke 17:20-30 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 20 Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, and he answered, “The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed, 21 nor will they […]
“From the Word, to Tablet to Flesh: Torah’s Living Covenant,” pt 4 2 Corinthians 2:12-17 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 12 When I came to Troas to proclaim the good news of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord, 13 but my mind could not rest because I did not find […]
Psalm 114 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 1 When Israel went out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, 2 Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel his dominion. 3 The sea looked and fled; Jordan turned back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. 5 Why is […]
“From Word to Stone to Flesh: Torah’s Living Covenant,” pt 3 1 Corinthians 13:1-8 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 13 If I speak in the tongues of humans and of angels but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers and understand […]
Ezekiel 33:1-6 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 33 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 O Mortal, speak to your people and say to them: If I bring the sword upon a land and the people of the land take one of their number as their sentinel, 3 and if the sentinel […]
“From the Word, to Stone, to Flesh: Torah’s Living Covenant,” pt 2 Revelation 12:7-12 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 7 And war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back, 8 but they were defeated, and there was no longer any place for […]
“From the Word, to Stone, to Flesh: Torah’s Living Covenant,” pt 1 Galatians 3:11-18 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 11 Now it is evident that no one is reckoned as righteous before God by the law, for “the one who is righteous will live by faith.” 12 But the law does not rest on […]
“From Word to Stone to Flesh: Torah’s Living Covenant,” Introduction John 5:33-42 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 33 You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth. 34 Not that I accept such human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was a burning and […]
“From the Word to Stone to Flesh: Torah’s Living Covenant,” Introduction 2 Corinthians 3:1-11 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 3 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Surely we do not need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we? 2 You yourselves are our letter, written on our […]
“From the Word to Stone to Flesh: Torah’s Living Covenant,” Introduction 1 Samuel 3:1-11 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 3 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread. 2 At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun […]
Matthew 17:1-8 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 17 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. 2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became bright as light. 3 Suddenly there appeared to them Moses […]
1 Kings 3:6-13 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 6 And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant my father David because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you, and you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have […]
Deuteronomy 24:17-22 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 17 “You shall not deprive a resident alien or an orphan of justice; you shall not take a widow’s garment in pledge. 18 Remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this. […]
Matthew 9:9-13 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition The Call of Matthew 9 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. 10 And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax […]
Some New Year Power 2026 Apology for the audio quality decrease – Just an input error we will have corrected this coming week! John 9:1-5 New International Version 9 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he […]
Isaiah 9 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 9 But there will be no gloom for those who were in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond […]
Devotion From Pastor Greg in our annual Christmas program – A Grace In the Desert Christmas 2025 If you would like to see the full program you would be blessed to CLICK HERE!
Grace In the Desert Christmas 2025 Hebrews 1:1-4 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 1 Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also […]
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Pastor John Schachinger Sabbath Sermon November 29, 2025 2 Corinthians 3:5-6 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 5 Not that we are qualified of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our qualification is from God, 6 who has made us qualified to be ministers of a new covenant, not of letter but of spirit, for the […]
Revelation’s 7 Seals: “Keeping Our Faith & Sanity,” Concluded Hebrews 13:8-16 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by regulations […]
Revelation’s 7 Seals: “Keeping Our Faith & Our Sanity,” pt 8 John 17:20-26 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 20 “I ask not only on behalf of these but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and […]
Revelation’s 7 Seals: “Without Losing Our Faith or Sanity,” pt 9 Matthew 5:43-48 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that […]
Revelation’s 7 Seals: “Keeping Our Faith & Sanilty,” pt 6 Matthew 24:36-42 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 36 “But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the […]
Revelation’s 7 Seals: “Keeping Our Faith & Sanity,” pt 5 John 15:8-17 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 8 My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. 10 If you keep my […]
Revelation’s 7 Seals – “Keeping Our Faith & Our Sanity,” pt 4 Acts 2:22-32 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 22 “Fellow Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did through him among you, as […]
Ephesians 2:1-7 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2 You were dead through the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. 3 All of us once […]
Revelation’s 7 Seals: “Keeping Our Faith & Sanity,” pt 3 Amos 8:4-12 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy, and bring to ruin the poor of the land, 5 saying, “When will the new moon be over so that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath, so […]
Revelation’s 7 Seals: “Keeping Our Faith & Sanity,” pt 2 Psalm 85:1-10 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 1 Lord, you were favorable to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob. 2 You forgave the iniquity of your people; you pardoned all their sin. Selah 3 You withdrew all your wrath; you turned from […]
Revelation’s 7 Seals: “Keeping Our Faith & Sanity,” pt 1 Revelation 19 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 19 After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power to our God, 2 for his judgments are true and just; he […]
Isaiah 53 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 53 Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him like a young plant and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should […]
Revelation’s 7 Seals: “Keeping Our Faith & Sanity,” Introduction, pt 2 Psalm 137:1-6 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 1 By the rivers of Babylon— there we sat down, and there we wept when we remembered Zion. 2 On the willows there we hung up our harps. 3 For there our captors asked us for […]
Revelation’s 7 Seals: “Keeping Our Faith & Sanity,” Introduction Matthew 24:4-14 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 4 Jesus answered them, “Beware that no one leads you astray. 5 For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah!’ and they will lead many astray. 6 And you will hear of wars and […]
“…Come Up Here..,” pt 6 Acts 1:1-9 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 1 In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and teach 2 until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. […]
“…Come Up Here..,” pt 5 Hebrews 8:1-5 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 8 Now the main point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2 a minister in the sanctuary and […]
“…Come Up Here..,” pt 5 1 Corinthians 15:15-23 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ—whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then […]
“…Come Up Here..,” pt 3 Jeremiah 31:31-34 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 31 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I […]
“…Come Up Here..,” pt 2 Hebrews 10:8-14 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 8 When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), 9 then he added, “See, I have come to do your will.” He […]
John 6:4-11 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 4 Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near. 5 When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?” 6 He said this to test him, for […]
John 9:1-2 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 9 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
Deuteronomy 4:5-8 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 5 “See, just as the Lord my God has charged me, I now teach you statutes and ordinances for you to observe in the land that you are about to enter and occupy. 6 You must observe them and perform them, for this will show your wisdom […]
“…Come Up Here..,” pt 1 Ephesians 2:1-7 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2 You were dead through the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. […]
“Alpha to Omega & In Our Midst,” Concluded Revelation 12:5-12 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 5 And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a scepter of iron. But her child was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne, 6 and […]
“Alpha to Omega & In Our Midst,” pt 8 Revelation 3:17-22 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 17 For you say, ‘I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing.’ You do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. 18 Therefore I advise you to buy from me gold […]
Alpha to Omega & In Our Midst, pt 7 Zechariah 3:1-5 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 3 Then he showed me the high priest Joshua standing before the angel of the Lord and the accuse standing at his right hand to accuse him. 2 And the Lord said to the accuser, “The Lord rebuke you, O accuser! The Lord who has chosen […]
“Alpha to Omega & In Our Midst, pt 6” Isaiah 22:20-22 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 20 “On that day I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah 21 and will clothe him with your robe and bind your sash on him. I will commit your authority to his hand, and he shall […]
“Alpha to Omega & In Our Midst,” pt 5 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 17 So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ […]
“From Alpha to Omega & In Our Midst,” pt 4 1John 4:1-6 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: […]
An Easter Meditation & Study 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2 When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the testimony of God to you with superior speech or wisdom. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 […]
Isaiah 49:8-13 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 8 Thus says the Lord: In a time of favor I have answered you; on a day of salvation I have helped you; I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages, 9 saying […]
“Alpha to Omega & In Our Midst,” pt 3 John 18:33-37 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 33 Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered, “Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?” 35 Pilate […]
“Alpha to Omega & In Our Midst,” pt 2 1 Corinthians 1:20-25 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, […]
“Alpha to Omega & In Our Midst,” pt 1 1 John 4:7-12 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 God’s […]
“Alpha to Omega & In Our Midst, ” Intro to Revelation’s 7 Churches Revelation 4:1-8 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 4 After this I looked, and there in heaven a door stood open! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will […]
Elder Reggie Leach 1 John 2:25 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 25 And this is what he has promised us, eternal life. Elder Leach is the Treasurer of the Arizona Conference of SDA. We welcome him today for a grace centered study on giving and stewardship.
Pastor John Schachinger John 15:15-16 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 15 I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing, but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. 16 You did […]
Romans 3:21-26 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed and is attested by the Law and the Prophets, 22 the righteousness of God through the faith of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction, 23 since all have […]
Hebrews 8:1-6 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 8 Now the main point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2 a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent that the […]
Hebrews 10:36-39 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 36 For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what was promised. 37 For yet “in a very little while, the one who is coming will come and will not delay, 38 but my righteous one will live […]
Matthew 18:1-5 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 18 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 He called a child, whom he put among them, 3 and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never […]
2 Corinthians 13:9-13 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 9 For we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong. This is what we pray for, that you may be restored. 10 So I write these things while I am away from you, so that when I come I may not have to be […]
John 5:12-18 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 12 They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take it up and walk’?” 13 Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had disappeared in[a] the crowd that was there. 14 Later Jesus found him in […]
Romans 7:18-8:1 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 18 For I know that the good does not dwell within me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do the good lies close at hand, but not the ability. 19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do […]
Some Vision Casting for the New Year – Rom. 8:14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. Rom. 8:15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba!t Father!” Rom. 8:16 it […]
Pastor Zack Surovec Isaiah 53 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 53 Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him like a young plant and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty […]
Acts: God’s Friends, His Power, & the Ends of the Earth, Conclusion 1 Corinthians 3:5-9 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So neither […]
Acts: God’s Friends, His Power, & the Ends of the Earth, pt 21 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 19 For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might gain all the more. 20 To the Jews I became as […]
Acts: God’s Friends, His Power & the Ends of the Earth, pt 20 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 19 For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might gain all the more. 20 To the Jews I became as […]
Acts: God’s Friends, His Power, & the Ends of the Earth,” pt 19 Philippians 3:7-12 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 7 Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. 8 More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ […]
Sam MacLaughlin John 15:12-14 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you.
Grady Burkett Matthew 24:4-13 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 4 Jesus answered them, “Beware that no one leads you astray. 5 For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah!’ and they will lead many astray. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not alarmed, for this must take […]
Acts: God’s Friends, His Power, & the Ends of the Earth, pt 18 Mark 1:9-15 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens […]
Acts: God’s Friends, His Power, & the Ends of the Earth, pt 17 Amos 9:11-15 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 11 On that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair its[a] breaches and raise up its[b] ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old, 12 […]
God’s Friends, His Power, & the Ends of the Earth, pt 15 Colossians 4:2-6 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2 Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving. 3 At the same time, pray for us as well, that God will open to us a door for the word, that we may […]
Acts: God’s Friends, His Power, & the Ends of the Earth, pt 14 Romans 11:13-18 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 13 Now I am speaking to you gentiles. Inasmuch as I am an apostle to the gentiles, I celebrate my ministry 14 in order to make my own people jealous and thus save some […]
Acts: Gods Friends, His Power, & the Ends of the Earth, pt 13 Matthew 20:21-28 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 21 And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Declare that these two sons of mine will sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in […]
Acts: God’s Friends, His Power, & the Ends of the Earth, pt 12 John 3:4-12 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell […]
Acts: God’s Friends, His Power, & the Ends of the Earth, pt 11 Luke 7:1-10 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 7 After Jesus had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. 2 A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly and who was ill and close […]
Acts: God’s Friends, His Power, & the Ends of the Earth, pt 10 Romans 1:13-17 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some […]
Acts: God’s Friends, His Power, & the Ends of the Earth, pt 9 Luke 10:21-29 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 21 At that very hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent […]
Acts: God’s Friends, His Power, & the Ends of the Earth, pt 8 2 Corinthians 3:1-6 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Surely we do not need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we? 2 You yourselves are our letter, written on […]
Acts: God’s Friends, His Power, & the Ends of the Earth,” pt 7 Ephesians 2:1-10 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2 You were dead through the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is […]
1 Corinthians 10:15-17 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 15 I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16 The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ? […]
Acts: God’s Friends, His Power, & to the Ends of the Earth, pt 6 John 12:20-26 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 20 Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. 21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish […]
“Acts: God’s Friends, His Power, & the Ends of the Earth,” pt 5 1 Peter 4:10-14 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 10 Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received. 11 Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the very words […]
“Acts: God’s Friends, His Power, & the Ends of the Earth,” pt 4 Psalm 118:19-29 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord. 20 This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it. 21 I thank you that […]
“Acts: God’s Friends, His Power, & the Ends of the Earth,” pt 3 Hebrews 2:5-13 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 5 Now God did not subject the coming world, about which we are speaking, to angels. 6 But someone has testified somewhere, “What are humans that you are mindful of them or mortals that […]
Acts: God’s Friends, His Power, & the Ends of the Earth,” pt 2 Isaiah 57:15-19 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 15 For thus says the high and lofty one who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place and also with those who are contrite and humble in […]
“Acts: God’s Friends, His Power, & the Ends of the Earth,” Introduction Isaiah 42 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. 2 He will not cry out […]
Luke 9:28-36 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 28 Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. 29 And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of […]
Deuteronomy 5:22-27 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 22 “These words the Lord spoke with a loud voice to your whole assembly at the mountain, out of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, and he added no more. He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me. 23 When you […]
“Daniel: From the Felts to the Zoo,” Conclusion Revelation 7:9-17 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 9 After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm […]
Daniel From the Felts to the Zoo, pt 14 John 15:18-27 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 18 “If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the […]
Daniel: From the Felts to the Zoo, pt 13 John 19:1-7 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 19 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2 And the soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they dressed him in a purple robe. 3 They kept coming up […]
Isaiah 53:4-7 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 4 Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases, yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises […]
Daniel: From the Felts to the Zoo, pt 12 We’re sorry for technical difficulties – Sermon picks up after vs 3 explaining that the language has evoked Exodus, Passover imagery. Revelation 1:9-18 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 9 I, John, your brother who share with you the persecution and the kingdom and the endurance […]
Luke 4:14-21 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 14 Then Jesus, in the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding region. 15 He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone. 16 When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought […]
Daniel: From the Felts to the Zoo, pt 10 Isaiah 61:1-4 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 61 The spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives […]
“Daniel: From the Felts to the Zoo,” pt 9 Zephaniah 3:14-20 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 14 Sing aloud, O daughter Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem! 15 The Lord has taken away the judgments against you; he has turned away your enemies. The king of […]
Daniel: From the Felts to the Zoo, pt 8 John 12:44-50 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 44 Then Jesus cried aloud: “Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in him who sent me. 45 And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. 46 I have come as light into the world, […]
Daniel: From the Felts to the Zoo, pt 7 John 13:13-20 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for that is what I am. 14 1So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For […]
Daniel: From the Felts to the Zoo, pt 6 Matthew 6:5-8 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 5 “And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, […]
Daniel: From the Felts to the Zoo, pt 5 Matthew 12:22-32 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 22 Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and he cured him, so that the one who had been mute could speak and see. 23 All the crowds were amazed and were saying, “Can this […]
Daniel: From the Felts to the Zoo, pt3 Deuteronomy 7:6-8 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 6 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession. 7 “It was not because you […]
“Daniel – From the Felts to the Zoo,” pt 3 John 17:9-15 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 9 I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours. 10 All mine are yours, and yours are […]
“Daniel From the Felts to the Zoo,” pt 2 Acts 4:8-12 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, 9 if we are being questioned today because of a good deed done to someone who was sick and are being […]
“Daniel: From the Felts to the Zoo,” pt 1 Revelation 19:5-10 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 5 And from the throne came a voice saying, “Praise our God, all you his servants and all who fear him, small and great.” 6 Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, […]
Revelation 19:5-9 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 5 And from the throne came a voice saying, “Praise our God, all you his servants and all who fear him, small and great.” 6 Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the sound of many waters and like the […]
Matthew 9:9-13 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 9 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.10 And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and […]
“His Complete Christmas Presence: ‘…Is, Was, & Is to Come'”, pt 4 & conclusion Revelation 1:4-8 New Revised Standard Version 4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come and from the seven spirits who are before […]
Revelation 1:1-4 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place, and he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, […]
“His Pertect Christmas Presence – ‘…Is, Was, & Is to Come”‘, pt2 Colossians 1 The New Revised Standard Version 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation, 16 for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or […]
“His Complete Christmas Presence – ‘…Is, Was, & Is to Come’”, pt 1 Revelation 4 New Revised Standard Version 1 After this I looked, and there in heaven a door stood open! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you […]
“A Little Time With His Inside Voice,” conclusion Leviticus 19:11-18 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 11 “You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; and you shall not lie to one another. 12 And you shall not swear falsely by my name, profaning the name of your God: I am the Lord. 13 “You shall not defraud your […]
Religious Liberty Emphasis Sabbath, 4 Alan Reinach, Executive Director & General Counsel of the Church State Council, Pacific Union of SDA
Religious Liberty Emphasis Sabbath, 3 Alan Reinach, Executive Director & General Counsel of the Church State Council, Pacific Union of SDA
Religious Liberty Emphasis Sabbath, 2 Alan Reinach, Executive Director & General Counsel of the Church State Council, the Pacific Union of SDA
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“A Little Time With His Inside Voice,” pt 5 Luke 7:41-47 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 41 “A certain moneylender had two debtors; one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 When they could not pay, he canceled the debts for both of them. Now which of them will love him more?” […]
“A Little Time With His Inside Voice,” pt 4 Zechariah 3 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 3 Then he showed me the high priest Joshua standing before the angel of the Lord and the accuser standing at his right hand to accuse him. 2 And the Lord said to the accuser, “The Lord rebuke you, O accuser! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke […]
“A Little Time With His Inside Voice,” pt 3 Deuteronomy 10:12-15 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 12 “So now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? Only to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and […]
“A Little Time With His Inside Voice,” pt 2 James 5:7-12 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 7 Be patient, therefore, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. 8 You also must be […]
“A Little Time With His Inside Voice,” pt 1 2 Corinthians 5:14-20 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 14 For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. 15 And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves […]
“‘Nothing Without a Parable’ – Hearing Jesus Outside Voice,” conclusion Matthew 5:17-20 New American Standard 17 “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. 18 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter […]
“‘Nothing Without a Parable’ – Hearing Jesus’ Outside Voice,” pt 10 Luke 19:1-10 New American Standard Bible 1995 19 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich. 3 Zaccheus was trying to see who […]
“‘Nothing Without a Parable’ – Hearing Jesus’ Outside Voice, pt 9 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:1 New American Standard Bible 1995 12 Therefore having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech, 13 and are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not […]
“‘Nothing Without a Parable’ – Hearing Jesus’ Outside Voice,” pt 8 John 16:20-28 New American Standard Bible 1995 20 Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy. 21 Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour […]
“‘Nothing Without a Parable’ – Hearing Jesus’ Outside Voice,” pt 7 John 17:5-12 New American Standard Bible 1995 5 Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. 6 “I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; […]
“‘Nothing Without a Parable’ – Hearing Jesus’ Outside Voice,” an Interlude Romans 11:1-6 New American Standard Bible 1995 11 I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected His […]
“‘Nothing Without a Parable’ – Hearing Jesus’ Outside Voice,” pt 7 John 17:1-9 New American Standard Bible 1995 17 Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You, 2 even as You gave Him authority over all […]
“‘Nothing Without a Parable’ – Hearing Jesus’ Outside Voice,” pt 6 Luke 18:18-27 The New American Standard 18 A ruler questioned Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 19 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone. 20 You know the commandments, ‘Do […]
“‘Nothing Without a Parable’ – Hearing Jesus’ Outside Voice,” pt 5 Luke 7:36-47 New American Standard Bible 1995 36 Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to dine with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 And there was a woman in the city who was a sinner; and when she learned […]
“Nothing Without a Parable – Hearing Jesus Outside Voice,” pt 4 Deuteronomy 7:6-8 New American Standard Bible 1995 6 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the […]
“‘Nothing Without a Parable’ – Hearing Jesus’ Outside Voice,” pt 3 Matthew 10:24-33 New American Standard Bible 1995 24 “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master. 25 It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of […]
“‘Nothing Without a Parable’ – Hearing Jesus’ Outside Voice,” pt 2 John 13:31-38 New American Standard Bible 1995 31 Therefore when he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; 32 if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately. 33 Little children, […]
“‘Nothing Without a Parable’ – Hearing Jesus’ Outside Voice,” pt 1 Acts 17:22-32 New American Standard Bible 1995 22 So Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I observe that you are very religious in all respects. 23 For while I was passing through and examining the objects […]
“‘Nothing Without a Parable…’ Hearing Jesus’ Outside Voice,” Intro Hebrews 13: 8-16 New American Standard Bible 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 9 Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through […]
Galatians 3:23-29 New American Standard Bible 1995 23 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed. 24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. 25 But […]
1 John 1:5-10 New American Standard Bible 1995 5 This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do […]
Matthew 5:38-45 New American Standard Bible 1995 38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. 40 If anyone wants to sue you and take […]
John 11:5-15 New American Standard Bible 1995 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was. 7 Then after this He said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.” 8 The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to […]
Matthew 7:1-8 New American Standard Bible 1995 7 “Do not judge so that you will not be judged. 2 For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, […]
John 7:37-46 New American Standard Bible 1995 37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living […]
Revelation 1:10-18 New American Standard Bible 1995 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet, 11 saying, “Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum […]
Romans 8:18-25 New American Standard Bible (1995) 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected […]
1 Corinthians 4:6-13 New American Standard Bible 1995 6 Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us you may learn not to exceed what is written, so that no one of you will become arrogant in behalf of one against the other. 7 For who regards you as superior? What do […]
Exodus 19:1-6 New American Standard Bible 1995 19 In the third month after the sons of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that very day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. 2 When they set out from Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and camped in the wilderness; […]
John 10:11 “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 […]
John 20:12 Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples ventured to question Him, “Who are You?” knowing that it was the Lord. 13 Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and the fish likewise. 14 This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to […]
2 Samuel 12:8-14 New American Standard Bible 1995 8 I also gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your [a]care, and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added to you many more things like these! 9 Why have you despised the word of the Lord by doing evil in […]
Matthew 9:9 As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew, sitting in the tax collector’s booth; and He *said to him, “Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him. 10 Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners […]
Revelation 1 New American Standard Bible 4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from Him who is and who was and who [c]is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him […]
Ephesians 2:1-6 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2 You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. 3 All of us once lived […]
Deuteronomy 5:12-15 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 12 “ ‘Observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work. 14 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, or your son or your daughter, or […]
Revelation 7:9-17 New International Version 9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation […]
Revelation 12:5-12 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 5 And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule[a] all the nations with a scepter of iron. But her child was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne, 6 and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared […]
Matthew 5:17-20 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law […]
Matthew 10:1-8 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 10 Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness. 2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee and […]
John 5:36-40 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 36 But I have a testimony greater than John’s. The works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified on […]
Exodus 19:1-6 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 19 On the third new moon after the Israelites had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that very day, they came into the wilderness of Sinai. 2 They journeyed from Rephidim, entered the wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness; Israel camped there in […]
John 14:17-20 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 17 This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him because he abides with you, and he will be in you. 18 “I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. 19 In a little […]
John 16:25-28 New International Version 25 “Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father. 26 In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. 27 No, the Father himself loves […]
Luke 12:29-37 New International Version 29 And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. 30 For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you […]
Ephesians 2 New International Version As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All […]
Revelation 3:7-9 New International Version To the Church in Philadelphia 7 “To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. 8 I know your deeds. See, I have placed before […]
2Thessalonians 2:9-17 New International Version 9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused […]
2 Corinthians 5:17-21 New International Version 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has […]
2 Corinthians 6 New International Version 6 As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. 2 For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation. 3 We […]
John 13:13-20 New International Version 13 “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. 15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done […]
John 17: 20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe […]
1 John 4:14-21 New International Version 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. […]
Revelation 4 1 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” 2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in […]
Romans 7:22 – 8:1 7:22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who […]
Ephesians 2:4-10 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in […]
John 16:23 In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. 25 “Though I have […]
2Corinthians 5:14 For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; 15 and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf. 16 Therefore from now on we recognize […]
Romans 8:19 For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. […]
Romans 5:18 So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness [n]there resulted justification of life to all men. 19 For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous. 20 The Law came in so that the transgression […]
1John 3 1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as […]
Jer. 31:31 ¶ The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. Jer. 31:32 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of […]
1John 5:10 Those who believe in the Son of God have the testimony in their hearts. Those who do not believe in Goda have made him a liar by not believing in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son. 1John 5:11 And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this […]
John 1:9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. 12 But to all who […]
John 5:21 Indeed, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes. 22 The Father judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son, 23 so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does […]
Job 9:28 I become afraid of all my suffering, for I know you will not hold me innocent. 29 I shall be condemned; why then do I labor in vain? 30 If I wash myself with soap and cleanse my hands with lye, 31 yet you will plunge me into filth, and my own clothes […]
Revelation 1:10 On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, 11 which said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.” 12 I turned around to see the […]
Romans 13:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. 14 I myself feel confident about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to […]
Psa. 8:1 O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! ¶ You have set your glory above the heavens. Psa. 8:2 Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger. Psa. 8:3 ¶ […]
2Pet. 1:16 ¶ For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty. 2Pet. 1:17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father when that voice was conveyed to him by the […]
Matt. 25:31 ¶ “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. Matt. 25:32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, […]
Eph. 2:3 All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else. Eph. 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us Eph. 2:5 even […]
John 10:7 ¶ So again Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. John 10:8 All who came before me are thieves and bandits; but the sheep did not listen to them. John 10:9 I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will […]
Isaiah 22: 20 On that day I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah, 21 and will clothe him with your robe and bind your sash on him. I will commit your authority to his hand, and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. 22 […]
Welcome to our New Years’ 2022 Communion Devotion. We celebrate each Communion service together with our sister congregation The Peoria Spanish Group. Translated by Lourdes Colin Romans 7:21-8:1 21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do what is good, evil lies close at hand. 22 For I delight […]
Is. 9:1 ¶ But there will be no gloom for those who were in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. […]
Matt. 10:34 ¶ “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. Matt. 10:35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter […]
Matt. 5:9 ¶ “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Matt. 5:10 ¶ “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matt. 5:11 ¶ “Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you […]
Hebrews 12:1-2 12 Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let’s rid ourselves of every obstacle and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking only at Jesus, the [a]originator and perfecter of the faith, who […]
John 3:14-19 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who [a]believes will have eternal life in Him. 16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him […]
1John 4:7 Beloved, let’s love one another; for love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 By this the love of God was revealed in us, that God has sent His only Son into the world so that we […]
Matt. 9:9 ¶ As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. Matt. 9:10 ¶ And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with […]
Luke 7:39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him—that she is a sinner.” Luke 7:40 Jesus spoke up and said to him, “Simon, I have something […]
Phil. 2:5 Let the same mind be in you that wasa in Christ Jesus, Phil. 2:6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, Phil. 2:7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, Phil. 2:8 […]
What a blessing it is to spend each Communion service together with our Peoria Spanish Group. Today’s devotion is translated for us by Lourdes Colin! Matt. 26:20 ¶ When it was evening, he took his place with the twelve;a Matt. 26:21 and while they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of […]
1Corinthians 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made of no effect. 18 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who [v]are being saved it […]
Luke 23: 44 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the entire land until the ninth hour, 45 because the sun stopped shining; and the veil of the temple was torn in two. 46 And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into Your hands I entrust My spirit.” And having said this, He died. 47 Now […]
John 16:22 Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one is going to take your joy away from you. 23 And on that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it […]
Mark 14:66 ¶ While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came by. Mark 14:67 When she saw Peter warming himself, she stared at him and said, “You also were with Jesus, the man from Nazareth.” Mark 14:68 But he denied it, saying, “I do not know or […]
1Cor. 15:12 ¶ Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? 1Cor. 15:13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; 1Cor. 15:14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has […]
1Corinthians 1:18 For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” 20 Where is the one who is […]
John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is He on behalf of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’ 31 I did not recognize Him, but […]
John 11:47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council, and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs. John 11:48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy placea and […]
Rom. 5:17 If, because of the one man’s trespass, death exercised dominion through that one, much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness exercise dominion in life through the one man, Jesus Christ. Rom. 5:18 ¶ Therefore just as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for […]
Phil. 2:6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, Phil. 2:7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, Phil. 2:8 he humbled himself and became obedient to the point […]
Deut. 7:6 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession. Deut. 7:7 ¶ It was not because you were more numerous than any other people that the LORD set his heart […]
Deut. 7:6 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession. Deut. 7:7 ¶ It was not because you were more numerous than any other people that the LORD set his heart […]
Welcome to our Communion Sabbath which we always celebrate together with our Peoria Spanish Adventist Group! Devotion Translated by Lourdes Colin Rev. 19:6 Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty thunderpeals, crying out, “Hallelujah! For the Lord […]
Is. 42:1 ¶ Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. Is. 42:2 He will not cry or lift up his voice,or make it heard in the street; Is. 42:3 a bruised reed he will not break, and […]
Is. 5:1 ¶ Let me sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. Is. 5:2 He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; he expected it to yield […]
Lev. 19:13 ¶ You shall not defraud your neighbor; you shall not steal; and you shall not keep for yourself the wages of a laborer until morning. Lev. 19:14 You shall not revile the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind; you shall fear your God: I am the LORD. Lev. 19:15 ¶ […]
1Cor. 13:8 ¶ Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. 1Cor. 13:9 For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part; 1Cor. 13:10 but when the complete comes, the partial will […]
1Pet. 1:3 ¶ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1Pet. 1:4 and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, […]
Matt. 18:1 ¶ At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” Matt. 18:2 He called a child, whom he put among them, Matt. 18:3 and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of […]
Preaching today is Dan Huerta. Dan is an elder in both the Glendale & Maricopa Village churches. He tells us that he may not be a pastor, but he certainly loves to preach! Jer. 10:23 ¶ I know, O LORD, that the way of human beings is not in their control,that mortals as they walk […]
John 8:1 while Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. John 8:2 Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them. John 8:3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery; and making […]
Deut. 16:13 ¶ After the ingathering from your threshing floor and your vat, you shall hold the Feast of Booths for seven days. Deut. 16:14 You shall rejoice in your festival, with your son and daughter, your male and female slave, the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow in your communities. Deut. 16:15 […]
Ex. 12:21 ¶ Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go, select lambs for your families, and slaughter the passover lamb. Ex. 12:22 Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood in […]
Ex. 3:9 The cry of the Israelites has now come to me; I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them. Ex. 3:10 So come, I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.” Ex. 3:11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to […]
Rev. 1:1 ¶ The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place; he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, Rev. 1:2 who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. […]
Acts 13:27 The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. Acts 13:28 Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed. Acts 13:29 When they had carried out […]
Matt. 8:5 ¶ When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, appealing to him Matt. 8:6 and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible distress.” Matt. 8:7 And he said to him, “I will come and cure him.” Matt. 8:8 The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have […]
1John 1:5 ¶ This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. 1John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true; […]
Rom. 1:16 ¶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Rom. 1:17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, “The one who […]
Num. 21:5 The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we detest this miserable food.” Num. 21:6 Then the LORD sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so […]
John 2:11 Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. John 19:23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier. They also took his tunic; now the tunic was […]
Is. 40:1 ¶ Comfort, O comfort my people,says your God. Is. 40:2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the LORD’S hand double for all her sins. Is. 40:3 ¶ A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD, make straight […]
Phil. 2:5 Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, Phil. 2:6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, Phil. 2:7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, Phil. 2:8 […]
John 20:26 ¶ A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” John 20:27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and […]
2Cor. 5:18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; 2Cor. 5:19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. 2Cor. 5:20 So we are ambassadors […]