Category Archives: Bible Reading

Today’s First Reading, Acts 17:16-31, shows the place of Christianity in relationship to the other religions of the world. Paul is in Athens, a very religious city, and Paul takes the opportunity to proclaim Jesus’ resurrection even though his hearers … Continue reading →

The First Reading, Acts 6:1-9; 7:2a, 51-60, shows us that all of us have a place of service in the Church/the Body of Christ. We see that the ministry of the apostles was to devote themselves to prayer and the … Continue reading →

Today’s First Reading, Acts 2:42-47, immediately follows the giving of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, and the addition of about 3,000 new believers in Jesus.  Notice how they lived: they devoted themselves to four things: the apostles’ … Continue reading →

During the Sundays of Easter, the First Readings are typically from the New Testament instead of the Old Testament.  Today’s reading is from Acts 2:14a, 36-41.  It includes part of the first Christian sermon delivered right after the giving of … Continue reading →

The First Reading, Acts 5:29-42, is increasingly relevant to our world today – the Gospel of Jesus is increasingly being resisted by many in our world, and we are put in the position of who we will obey, God or … Continue reading →

Today is Palm/Passion Sunday. We begin worship with the songs of joy and praise as Jesus entered Jerusalem, hailed as the Messiah, but humbly riding on a donkey. The Processional Gospel is recorded in John 12:12-19. What are our words … Continue reading →

The First Reading is a well-known passage from Ezekiel, 37:1-14. Try reading the passage and not singing, “Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones…” It is the vision of the valley of dry bones. The point of the passage is … Continue reading →

The First Reading is recorded is Isaiah 42:14-21. There are two references to blindness in this passage, one is that the people who are supposed to follow the Lord have turned from Him and are following idols – they are … Continue reading →

The First Reading, recorded in Exodus 17:1-7, ends with a stark question: Is the LORD among us or not? The people of Israel had witnessed the 10 plagues in Egypt, leading to their exodus from Egypt; they had seen the … Continue reading →

Today’s First Reading, Genesis 12:1-9, is one of the pivotal texts in the Bible. In this reading we see God’s Three-fold promise to Abraham: God promised to give Abraham land, descendants, and to bless him so that through Abraham God’s … Continue reading →