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Aaahh, Joseph!
The angel tells Joseph that his beloved Mary is pregnant not by another man as he has supposed, but by the Holy Spirit of God (Matthew 1:20). Matthew lines their situation up with Isaiah’s prophecy, “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son,” (1:23/Isaiah 7:14). Joseph has two things to do: accept MaryContinue reading “Aaahh, Joseph!”
Last Meals and Living Hope
Asleep at the Wheel is the name of a group that plays western swing music. Several years ago they recorded a song called Last Meal. It is a fictitious account of a man on death row about to be executed. However, before his execution can take place, the warden tells him he gets a lastContinue reading “Last Meals and Living Hope”
Death and Taxes
I think I speak for most of us (tax accountants and H & R Block employees excluded), when I say that April 15th is not a date that we look forward to. It is more than just the day when our taxes are due, it is a day of reckoning. It is the adult versionContinue reading “Death and Taxes”
Deuteronomy
Background on Deuteronomy Stepping into the Story Someone We Can Relate To (3:23-26) Living in the Land of Promise (6:4) Words for the Wilderness (6:13,16, 8:3) Facing the Anakites (9:1-3) Thinking About the Tithe (14:22ff) Tender Hearts and Open Hands (15:1-11) How to be a King (17:14-20) The Kingdom of More (17:16-17) Community, Justice, &Continue reading “Deuteronomy”
Philemon
Useful! Opening the Bible Home
Proverbs
Guarding Our Hearts No Disciples Without Discipline! Overcoming Bad Choices And Their Consequences Overmatched Pride and Humility Proverbs and Love Something We Should Value That Is Liberation! The Disciple And Freed Speech (1) The Disciple And Freed Speech (2) Wisdom As A Tree Of Life Proverbs And Corporal Punishment
The World Of Sports
Philippians
Loving God Gloriously (1:9-11) A Church That Looks Like Jesus (2:1) Knowing Christ (1) (3:7-11) Knowing Christ (2) (3:7-11) Knowing Christ (3) (3:7-11) Press On!
Colossians
Who Is Jesus (1) (1:15-20) Drilling Down In Christ (2:6-7) What Did Jesus Do? (1) (2:10-15) Reflections On The Risen Life (1) (3:1-2) Reflections On The Risen Life (2) (3:1-4) Acting Up (Colossians 3:1-4) Bumblebees And Ministries (4:16-17)
A Taste of Grace with Bruce Green 