Today’s gospel has several messages, and it can be interpreted in several different ways, and all of them are correct. For example, in John’s gospel, there is no explicit institution of the Lord’s Supper, no precedent for our Holy Communion, whereas in the other three gospels, Jesus invokes a eucharist practice. In John, there are […]

In chapter 14 of the book of Exodus, Moses leads the people of Israel through the Red Sea, which the Lord God parted. They escaped captivity in Egypt, and then all of Pharaoh’s army and horses and chariot drivers drowned when the sea closed again. Israel was saved, and the people believed in the Lord […]

Then I will gather my flock out of all the lands, and I will bring them back totheir fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply, and they shall not fear anylonger, or be dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says the Lord.In this passage from Jeremiah (23:3-4), the Lord God, through the prophet,assures his […]

In today’s OT lesson (Ezekiel 2:1-5), we hear from the prophet Ezekiel.  God’s people are in Babylonian captivity in what is now Iraq, in about 600 BC. The people are disoriented and confused and lost. They are suffering. The Lord God gives Ezekiel a message for his people. That is, people, your trouble is because […]