Like many things in life, there is more than meets the eye in the Gospel of John. There are miraculous signs performed by Jesus including peculiar details where Jesus speaks in strange ways. Look for a symbolic message in the sign and you will find even more to be miraculous. Weekly Memory Verse: John 2:19 … Read more
Sunday, September 25, 2011 Ever start a story in the middle? It’s hard to make sense of a story when you don’t know the context. John begins his gospel with some serious context! He starts at the beginning of everything! John wants to make sure we know who this Jesus is, where he came from … Read more
It’s not an easy thing to be the act that comes before the main event, especially when the main event is the Word made flesh! Here we read a gentle transition between the one who came before Jesus and the ones who would follow him. Yes, the Nazarene still tells us, “Follow me.” Weekly Memory … Read more
Sunday, September 18, 2011 “It just shouldn’t be that way.” It’s true. It shouldn’t. God never intended our world to have such horrible things happening all the time. It just shouldn’t be. But it is. Listen to Pastor Seabaugh powerfully express his deep desire for Jesus to come again and remake this broken world. Readings: Deuteronomy … Read more
It’s very natural to wonder about the things that came before us. The further back we look, the fuzzier it gets. Go back far enough and we wonder about what or who started it all. John truly starts “in the beginning,” because there we find “the Word,” the one who started it all. Weekly Memory … Read more
Sunday, September 11, 2011 We naturally learn to write our own names at the top of our schoolwork. It shows that the work belongs to us. Whose name is written on you? Are you your own work? … or someone else’s? Revelation 14 shows us in powerful fashion how we as Christians have been marked … Read more
September 12-14 Revelation 20-22 GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along. Monday, September 12 Revelation 20 Read & Listen Online (Click … Read more
Sunday, September 4, 2011 A sermon title like that seems to belong better on a novel by J. R. R. Tolkien or C. S. Lewis! Alas, it’s straight from Revelation 12 & 13, and so is the sermon! Listen as Pastor Seabaugh reads and interprets chapters 12 & 13, telling a story that involves us all and gives … Read more
September 5-10 Revelation 14-19 GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along. Monday, September 5 Revelation 14 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” … Read more
Sunday, August 28, 2011 Did you know there are sins that only Christians can commit? It’s true. Those sins were revealed to us in Revelation 2-3, as Christ sent messages to 7 churches. We hear that message loud and clear today as a warning, but also an encouragement to focus on the promise! Readings: Isaiah 1:11-18, … Read more