Where we are heading (readings for Sunday 15th September):
Exodus 32.7-14
Psalm 51.1-10
1 Timothy 1.12-17
Luke 15.1-10
Readings for 12th September
Psalm 51.1-10
Genesis 6.1-6
1 Timothy 1.1-11
Readings for today
Psalm 51.1-10
Genesis 7.6-10
2 Peter 2.1-10a
thought for today
A friend of mine calls Luke 15, half of which will be read in churches, his 'desert island chapter.' By which he means - if he was lost on a desert island and his bible fell to pieces and the sheets were blowing along the beach in the wind, Luke 15 would be his priority to save. It is about being lost and found, sinning and forgiving, capture and rescue etc etc. Psalm 51 fits well with it - best to read the whole psalm I think. As does the story of Noah and the flood - again best to read continuously from Gen 6.1 - Gen 8.5 (the ending of the story comes tomorrow). Looking at that story again, it strikes me how despite the behaviour of Adam and Even, And even of Cain, the Bible only begins to talk about pervasive wickedness in Gen 6.5. You could read this as that humans may be foolish, lie, even kill in a moment of passion. but thoroughgoing wickedness takes longer to develop and is this that leads to God's response in the flood.
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