by Hans Jorgensen | Dec 2, 2022 | Devotions
The prophet Isaiah promises that “A shoot shall come out of the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.” David came out of Jesse’s family as we learn from our Jewish ancestors, and Jesus came out of that same family. Isaiah goes on to promise that...
by Hans Jorgensen | Oct 27, 2022 | Devotions
We celebrate Reformation Sunday this week, and so we get to hear the promise that “since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, they are now justified by God’s grace as a gift” (Romans 3). This is a gift that brings me much joy! When I look at my mistakes...
by Hans Jorgensen | Oct 21, 2022 | Devotions
Every time I think I’m “getting it” about Jesus, I hear a parable like the one from Luke 18 that we’ll hear on Sunday. Two men go to pray — one is a righteous person, and the other is a tax collector, someone that others looked down on. Yet Jesus says the righteous...
by Hans Jorgensen | Oct 14, 2022 | Devotions
Prayer changes things. I believe that, and especially that prayer changes me as I pray. When we hear from Genesis 32 this Sunday about Jacob wrestling with “a man” at the river Jabbok, I think about prayer. Praying with God can seem mundane and ordinary, but it can...
by Hans Jorgensen | Oct 6, 2022 | Devotions
This week we’ll hear a scripture passage that just about got Jesus killed. In Luke 4, Jesus told the crowd “there were many lepers in Israel at the time of the prophet Elisha, but none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.” People got mad at Jesus for showing...
