From the Pulpit...

The Bible is clear about the character and behavior of disciples. What are we to make of the fact that the word disciple does not appear in the epistles? Not much. The narrative form of the gospels and Acts lends itself to the use of that noun for Christians. The epistles are written to disciples and do not have to say the word for the target audience to be understood. Disciples look like the kind of people described in the gospels.

Our Scripture reading was found in 2 Chronicles 2:1-18.