Rev. Lori Sawdon Easter Service from First United Methodist Church of Santa Rosa on behalf of Rev. Lindsey Bell-Kerr, Christ Church Methodist of Santa Rosa
When John accuses "evildoers" of leading gullible people into sin, what troubles him is what troubled the Essenes: whether—or how much—to accommodate pagan culture.
I am sitting here imagining the last supper. It’s 1st century Palestine, in a room with a simple, wooden, rectangle table where Jesus and 12 disciples are seated. There are no chairs, everyone is sitting on the floor. It’s a dirt floor, the room has a low ceiling and a narrow doorway.
It is good for us to be here. Be attentive. The Webster Dictionary defines an ‘aha moment’ as a point in time
The New Testament in the Order the Books Were Written
the full-text of the New Testament—and one of the only Bibles organized in chronological order and including explanatory annotations that give readers a more informed understanding of the Scripture