27 Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?” 28 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” 29 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.” 30 Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him. 31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the e

Jesus told this story to some who had great confidence in their own righteousness and scorned everyone else. I remember being in Mrs. Novak’s Sunday school class at the age of six or seven, when we’d sing songs, have a lesson on the flannel board and share snack time. Ah, the good old days. My friend Kevin and I would usually get to take the drink glasses into the kitchenette to wash and rinse them out. Kevin was cool, me not so much. I began to notice he dressed differently

G.K. Chesterton said, “The object of the New Year is that we should not have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul...” Father, please give us. Let’s look at this familiar passage of scripture as we step into a new year, “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build

Luke 23:32-43

Matthew 28:16-20, Acts 1:10,11

2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14