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Full Text I’ll just say I hated the text this week. It was harsh and rough, and I couldn’t escape it. Everything I read to prepare for preaching just lead deeper into the heart of repentance. Everything lead to heart rending stories. A better preacher would have been more winsome. . . . → Read More: Deep Lent  One comment - (Comments are closed)  Lent, Luke, Repentance, Sermons  China, Ezekiel, Haiti, Lent, Repentance
Full Text Text: Luke 7:18-28 The middle two weeks of advent are the weeks of John the Baptist. He’s a forgotten figure in modern Christianity. He doesn’t seem to have much meaning or purpose. We continue to read the stories of the patriarchs. We will talk about the OT prophets. We will . . . → Read More: What did you come to see? – Luke 7:18-28 – Advent 3
Text: Luke 17:20-37 (cross reference Hebrews 6:1-3) In our Sunday study we’ve been looking at Hebrews and the above link ties into what must have been the outline of the basic catechism or teaching: repentance, faith, baptism, laying on of hands (ministry/healing), resurrection and judgement. I’ve been thinking about that list and the current . . . → Read More: The Day of the Son of Man
Text: Deuteronomy 4:25-31 Dangerous territory the later days. Especially when you ponder the Jewish people. Over and over again in history Christians have looked for the wholesale “return” of the Jews to belief. It is one of those thoughts that is just too tantalizing. And when it doesn’t happen in a person’s . . . → Read More: In later days you will return… One comment - (Comments are closed) Meditation, Repentance Deuteronomy, Israel, mercy, Moses, redemption, return
Text: Hebrews 6:1-12 Hebrews is not a book for the lighthearted or the new Christian. Its argument is the centrality and sufficiency of Jesus Christ and it assumes a large background of knowledge about the OT and How God interacted with his people. The ultimate purpose as I’ve read it is to argue apathetic . . . → Read More: The edge of the cliff 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Hebrews, Meditation, Repentance, Spirit, Witness Apostasy, Christian Life, Holy Spirit
Daniel 5:1-12 (The setup) The title of this post is a phrase you hear in English, often shortened to the writing’s on the wall as in the writing’s on the wall for Chrysler and GM. The implication is that the end is near and that it is obvious for everyone but those . . . → Read More: The Handwriting on the Wall – Chrysler and GM and Us
Full Text Text: Mark 14:32-42 Two poles – 1) It’s about Jesus and 2) He’s got a mission. That has been the core summary of this series through Holy Week in Mark’s Gospel. Our spiritual adversary tries to push us off that second pole. The last thing he wants is faithful Christians actually sharing . . . → Read More: Don’t look inward, look outward for our salvation and our mission
Last week I know I was hoping to get back to writing these more regularly as we got into Jeremiah and Romans. My wife is roughly 8 months pregnant and is starting to run out of steam much quicker. Short answer is that the family has been taking more time of necessity. . . . → Read More: The Law, repentance and hypocrisy – and a quick note
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 . . . → Read More: Zeal |
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