“What the world needs now are signposts of what’s ahead, markers for the new world just around the corner. The world does not need heroes; the world does not need more messiah complexes. The world does not need Christians who want to ride in on a white horse to save the day. What the world needs are witnesses. Nothing more and nothing less. The earth needs people who can bear witness to the ways in which the world has already changed through the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.”
Jonathan Martin, Prototype: What Happens When You Discover You’re More Like Jesus Than You Think? p. 197
Does the World Need Witnesses?
| April 4 EASTER SUNDAY Isaiah 25:6-9 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 John 20: 1-18 | May 2 Acts 8:26-40 Psalm 22:25-31 1 John 4:7-21 John 15:1-8 |
| April 11 Acts 4:32-35 Psalm 133 1 John 1:1-2:2 John 20:19-3 | May 9 Acts 10:44-48 Psalm 98 1 John 5:1-6 John 15:9-17 |
| April 18 Acts 3:12-19 Psalm 4 1 John 3:1-7 Luke 24:36b-48 | May 16 Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 Psalm 1 1 John 5:9-13 John 17:6-19
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| April 25 Acts 4:5-12 Psalm 23 1 John 3:16-24 John 10:11-18 | May 23 DAY OF PENTECOST Acts 2: 1-21 Psalm 104:24-34, 35b Romans 8:22-27 John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 |
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