Weekday Word w/ Eric

Tag: faith

  • Not Proud of My Faith

    John 1:29-34, CEB The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!  This is the one about whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is really greater than me because he existed before me.’   Even I didn’t recognize him,…

  • Shifty John the Baptist

    John 1:24-28, CEB Those sent by the Pharisees asked, “Why do you baptize if you aren’t the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?” John answered, “I baptize with water. Someone greater stands among you, whom you don’t recognize.  He comes after me, but I’m not worthy to untie his sandal straps.”  This encounter took place…

  • The Answer is No (and Yes)

    John 1:19-23, CEB This is John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?” John confessed (he didn’t deny but confessed), “I’m not the Christ.” They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” John said, “I’m not.” “Are you the prophet?” John answered, “No.”…

  • When God Pitched a Tent Among Us

    John 1:14, CEB The Word became flesh     and made his home among us. We have seen his glory,     glory like that of a father’s only son,         full of grace and truth. If the author of John was only allowed four words to convey the message of the gospel, it mostly likely would…

  • John’s “No Room at the Inn”

    John 1:11, CEB The light came to his own people, and his own people didn’t welcome him.                 By the time Jesus began his ministry in the land of Israel, the Hebrew religious establishment had been in place for thousands of years.  Religious laws were not only codified.  For the most part, most interpretations of…

  • The Beautiful Irony of John the Baptist

    John 1:6-8, 15 CEB A man named John was sent from God.  He came as a witness to testify concerning the light, so that through him everyone would believe in the light.  He himself wasn’t the light, but his mission was to testify concerning the light. John testified about him, crying out, “This is the…

  • In the Beginning, Jesus

    John 1:1-5, CEB In the beginning was the Word     and the Word was with God     and the Word was God. Genesis 1:1-2, NIV In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God…

  • Refiner’s Fire Sounds Great Until. . .

    Zechariah 13:9 This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them like silver     and test them like gold. They will call on my name     and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’     and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’” One of the poignant…

  • How Many Times Have You Been Called Back?

    Zechariah 1:1-6 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo: “The Lord was very angry with your ancestors.  Therefore tell the people: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Return to me,’ declares the Lord Almighty,…

  • Zephaniah: Demolition Blues

    Zephaniah 3:9-20 “Then I will purify the lips of the peoples,     that all of them may call on the name of the Lord     and serve him shoulder to shoulder. From beyond the rivers of Cush[d]     my worshipers, my scattered people,     will bring me offerings. On that day you, Jerusalem, will not…