Thought For The Day 237

Richard speaks of encounters in the wilderness, both in the time of Jesus and today. the reading is Matthew 4:1-11. Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become...

David's 'place of encounter' is a city, with reference to Genesis 18:23-33.23 Then Abraham approached him and said: "Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24 What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing--to kill...

Arthur begins this week's theme of 'Places of encounter' with 'in the garden, with a reading from Genesis 3:8-14.8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the LORD God called to the man, "Where are you?" 10 He answered, "I...