by Mathew Swora | May 30, 2018
To whom was Jeremiah’s letter addressed? What’s the bad news? Exile, 70 years What’s the good news? God is with them The people would grow in faith and fruitfulness God would bless their neighbors, too. What does this mean for us? We are exiles too A warning against...
by Mathew Swora | May 22, 2018
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest...
by Mathew Swora | May 15, 2018
Luke 24: 44 He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.” 45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.46 He told...
by Mathew Swora | May 8, 2018
John 15: 9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that...
by Mathew Swora | Apr 26, 2018
“One day an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he asked, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ Jesus replied, “What is written in the Law?… How do you read it?” (Luke 10: 25-26) “How do you read it [the Bible]?” Nothing like such a very...
