Teaching Archives

Foolish

GodSpeak for the Week of January 26 This week we begin getting into the heart of the Epiphany season.  Christmas is over, Lent hasn’t yet arrived – and we now spend the next half dozen Sundays reflecting on how the newborn Lord has so profoundly impacted our lives and world. This week, our particular focus … Read more

Enriched

GodSpeak for the Week of January 19 As we discussed last Sunday, today we enter this in-between season of Epiphany.  Christmas is over, Lent hasn’t yet arrived – and we now spend the next half dozen Sundays reflecting on how the newborn Lord has so profoundly impacted our lives and world. This week, our particular … Read more

The Baptism of Our Lord

GodSpeak for the Week of January 12 The Baptism of Our Lord As we approach the season of Epiphany (and the season of Lent, which comes immediately after), we pause for one Sunday to consider the importance of why our Lord was baptized just as He calls us to be. Day 1…Read Romans 6:1-4 Consider … Read more

The Epiphany of Our Lord

GodSpeak for the Week of January 5 We begin the New Year by bringing the Wise Men into the nativity story. Day 1…Read Matthew 2:1 Consider this – as we’ve discussed often, biblical names can often provide a great deal of insight and richness to what God is offering us in His Word. Note, therefore … Read more

& love

GodSpeak for the Week of December 22 We finish our Advent season considering the meanings of the Advent candles on the wreath. This week, we consider the meaning of…love – based on Paul’s famous discussion of it in 1 Corinthians 12 & 13. Day 1…Read 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:1 Consider this – if we were to … Read more

& Joy

GodSpeak for the Week of December 15 This week, spend time reading through the lessons from Sunday, and think about what God has done for us through Jesus, and how that causes us to rejoice. How is the Advent theme of “joy” manifested in the coming of our Savior? First lesson: Isaiah 35:1-10 Second lesson: … Read more

& peace

GodSpeak for the Week of December 8 &hope&peace&joy&love We continue our Advent season considering the meanings of the Advent candles on the wreath.  And, our consideration is aided via a video series by “The Skit Guys,” along with what these definitions mean in the world today. This week, we consider the meaning of…peace. Day 1…Read … Read more

& hope & peace & joy & love

GodSpeak for the Week of December 1 We begin our Advent season by considering the meanings of the Advent candles on the wreath.  And, our consideration is aided via a video series by “The Skit Guys,” along with what these definitions mean in the world today. This week, we consider the meaning of…hope. Day 1…Read … Read more

“Y” Does It Matter? – Canon Not “Boom”

GodSpeak for the Week of November 17 We wrap up our series looking at the “forks”/the “Ys” we come to (and, take) in the “road of faith.”    Does it really matter which forks we take?  Does it really matter what we believe?  This week we consider the source of our Christian worldview – the Bible, … Read more

“Y” Does It Matter? – Origins and “Purple” Dinos

GodSpeak for the Week of November 10 We continue this week with our series looking at the “forks”/the “Ys” we come to (and, take) in the “road of faith.”  Does it really matter which forks we take?  Does it really matter what we believe?  This week we build off of what we’ve learned about worldviews … Read more