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Full Text The text is Mak 14:3-9. The story is a woman’s annointing of Jesus with a year’s wages worth of perfume. Jesus praises her and he tells the disciples to stop picking on her. He does not denounce their version of good – counting the cost and helping the poor. Instead he . . . → Read More: Lent 3 – Two types of good, and a time to Break the Jar – Mark 14:3-9 Text: Romans 1:16-25 (also Jeremiah 2:11-13) Between being sick and what seemed like a random bunch of texts the last couple of weeks in devotion have not been very fruitful. It looks like the daily readings are bringing a couple of heavyweights out for a little while. Jeremiah will be the OT reading and . . . → Read More: Context – Arguing from the lesser to the greater Full Text There is an entryway question – who do you say that I am? Jesus asks that of the disciples. There is really only one answer that starts the journey, Peter’s answer. You are the Christ! But what does that mean? Jesus defines it in terms of A Cross Shaped Door. . . . → Read More: A Cross Shaped Door – Mark 8:27-38 Full Text Continuing the mid-week series started Ash Wednesday we are working our way through the Holy Week account in the gospel according to Mark. Below is the compressed devotion coming out of the fuller text. Please join us looking at The Mission of Holy Week. Text: Mark 14:1-2 (“But not during the feast…”) We like to . . . → Read More: Two Poles – It’s about Jesus and The Lord has a Mission Text: John 2:13-22 One of these links:here or here should work (from WSJ, so one might be behind paywall.) The author is calling on Obama to correct his party on one issue and is using Obama’s own words as a spur. Here is the money portion… All of which leaves the First Parent with a decision to . . . → Read More: Zeal Sorry for the light posting last week. Got a cold starting about wednesday evening and I am right now just emerging from a fog. I should be back to normal posting . . . → Read More: Been sick Full Text Martin Luther once called James the “epistle of straw”. He thought is was a bunch of law and not much gospel. His antagonists in Rome also had a knack for using it to point out inconvienent scripture to Brother Martin. James deserves his voice and in the modern church he might be . . . → Read More: A Lutheran tries to Preach on James – Trials, Temptations, Perseverance and Absolution |
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