Based on Isaiah 5:1-7 As this Old Testament parable begins, we hear the language of a joyful love song. The narrator sets the scene: the master of a vineyard carefully cultivates the fertile ground, digging and clearing out the stones and planting it with the best of vines. Beyond that, he built a watchtower from…

Based on Matthew 21:23-32 When I was a kid, I can’t tell you how many times I told my mother, “Of course I’ll brush my teeth!” and proceeded to bed without brushing them. I wanted to please her, but at the same time, I really didn’t want to brush my teeth – so I lied…

Based on Psalm 25:1-10 Read the first couple of verses of this psalm out loud. Does it sound familiar? If you’ve ever attended a Christian camp, then you might start singing, “To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul (clap clap); in You I trust, O Lord!” This is a song I sang constantly…

Ezekiel 18:1-4 Ezekiel explains of a time when God came to him with a concerned question regarding the power of the fathers who came before. God blatantly tells Ezekiel that the Law, and those who are in charge of it (Rabbis),are not going to serve as power over His people once the Messiah comes. Those…

By Campus Missionary Katie Boltwood: The first half of the passage is Jeremiah pleading to God to remember him. He has walked away from the Lord and now is begging the Lord to release Him from the pain that he’s going through. He understands that it was his own fault in walking away and distancing…

Written by Campus Missionary Katie Boltwood This SONG is all about how great our God is (Choirmaster). His abilities to protects us and keep us safe as Mary had told us yesterday. Verses 1-3 explains the praising that David does. He uses adjectives like “rock and fortress” Verses 4-6 explains the assault that David (and…

Written by Campus Missionary Mary Rowley, Job 38:4-18 I really appreciate this passage from Job because it’s a conversation we’d all like to have with God – at least, we think we would. We’d all like to have God tell us the reasons behind the bad things that happen in our lives. We want to…

By Campus Missionary Mary Rowley – During college I was very involved in Drama Ministry. We had a skit based on the Parable of the Hidden Treasure. In it, the man who found the treasure was a pirate. After he found it, he traded all of his possessions to gain the field – his possessions…

Devotional for Psalm 125 – By Katie Boltwood All I could think about when I was reading this scripture was the turmoil that is going on overseas in the Holy Land. “For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do…