Apostles for today
by Michael Percy on November 17th, 2020
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers. (Ephesians 4:11) 5 Through him we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, 6 including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. (Romans 1:5-6) 22 This is the reason why I have so often been hindered from coming to you. 23 But n... Read More
A Family of Churches
by Michael Percy on November 16th, 2020
7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. 8 Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high, he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.” 9 (In saying, “he ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth? 10 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all t... Read More
One Hundred Years!
by Michael Percy on November 13th, 2020
32 After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth … 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month – on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. 12 And rain fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights. 13 On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth... Read More
The World Needs an Ark
by Michael Percy on November 11th, 2020
11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. 13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. 14 So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in... Read More
New Fruitfulness
by Michael Percy on November 10th, 2020
32 After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth … 9 This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. 10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Genesis 5:32 & 6:9-10) When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So sh... Read More
World Gone Wrong
by Michael Percy on November 9th, 2020
1 When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also af... Read More