139:1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
16:1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
Today's scripture looks at the John 20:19-30 passage about the disciple Thomas, who missed out on seeing the risen Christ on Easter evening. Because Thomas said to the other disciples that he would need to touch Christ's hands and side in order to believe them about Christ being risen, this has given him the nickname, "doubting Thomas" over the years.… Read the rest “DisciplesNet Worship # 28, “Fearless Thomas” (Shaw 05 01 11)”
Our DisciplesNet worship video #26 has been created for Maundy Thursday worship of Holy Week. Maundy Thursday was named in Christian tradition for 'mandatum novum,' Latin for "new commandment," which is at the heart of the last moments Jesus spent with his disciples, and his commandment that his disciples love one another.… Read the rest “DisciplesNet Worship # 26, Maundy Thursday (Spaulding, 04 21 11)”
Our Palm Sunday worship begins a busy week at DisciplesNet, with plans to post video worships for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and then Easter.
Richard Propes is our preacher for Palm Sunday, delivering the inspiring and personal message, "Surrender," based on the season of Lent, Romans 8:6-11, and his unique lens of disability. Continue reading →
Introduction to "Ask the Professor"
While waiting for glitches to be worked out of our new internet DiscplesNet Café, we’ve decided to go ahead and open one of the thought and discussion features of DisciplesNet Church that we have been working on: "Ask the Professor."… Read the rest “Ask the Professor: Why does God allow suffering?”
In today's worship Rev. Bob Shaw artfully weaves a message of hope from Ezekiel 37 and the story of Ezekiel's experience of prophesying to the valley of dry bones. Included in today's time together in worship are an equally hopeful communion meditation by Rev. Audrey Borschel, and popular hymn favorites, "It is Well With My Soul," "Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley," and "Seed, Scattered and Sown." We hope you will join us for this short time together in worship: just over 30 minutes, and that you will be blessed by the time you spend here.
Service information: Scriptures and Songs:
Psalms 9:11-14 (NRSV); Ezekiel 37-1-14 (NRSV)
Songs (numbers are those in Chalice hymnal):
"It is Well With My Soul," #561
"Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley," #211
"Seed Scattered and Sown," #395
Our worship begins with reading based upon the 23rd Psalm, then moves from Pastoral prayer by Dean Phelps, and reading of the story of the man born with blindness, and Audrey Borschel's special insights into the miracle at the Pool of Siloam.… Read the rest “DisciplesNet Worship # 23, “Sight & Insight” (Borschel, 04-03-2011)”