Backgrounder: February 22, 2022

1 CORINTHIANS 15:54-58   Brothers and sisters:When this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibilityand this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality,then the word that is written shall come about:            Death is swallowed up in victory.                        Where, O death, is your victory?                        Where, O death, is your sting?The sting of death is sin,and the power of sin is […]

Backgrounder: February 15, 2022

LUKE 6:27-38 Jesus said to his disciples: “To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes […]

Backgrounder: February 8, 2022

LUKE 6:17, 20-26  17 And He came down with them and stood on a level place with a crowd of His disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. 20 Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said:  “Blessed are you poor, For yours is the […]

Backgrounder: February 1, 2022

Is 6:1-2a, 3-8 In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, with the train of his garment filling the temple. Seraphim were stationed above. They cried one to the other, “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts! All the earth is filled with his glory!” […]