Theophilus Rising

John 10:19-33 In this passage the religious leaders are going to say to Jesus, “Tell us plainly if you’re the Messiah or not.” And Jesus’s...

John 10:1-10 I’m sure you’re familiar with the image of our Lord as the Good Shepherd. Jesus is the Good Shepherd who calls his sheep by...

1 Peter 1:3 1 Peter 1:13-23 I included vs. 3 in our reading because everything the Apostle has to say in this epistle depends on the goo...

2 Peter 1:3-11 Imagine you have to drive somewhere, somewhere you’ve never been. But, instead of looking at a map, you decide to just wing...

Matthew 6:1-6;16-21 This Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, which is the beginning of Lent. I’ll be honest, out of all the seasons we observe as ...

Matthew 5:20-24 Genesis 4:1-8 In 1991, two hikers, who were hiking at a high elevation through the Italian Alps, stumbled across a body...

Matthew 5:13-20 So, we’re picking up where we left off last post. This passage also comes from Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. In the last po...