FOR YEARS I have heard it said by Christians of quite different stripes that we are to be Jesus' hands and feet. Closely related to this notion is the idea that the Christian community is to "incarnate" Jesus through its words and deeds, that it is to bring Jesus to people.Holmes, ...
In that last year, I like to call private preparation. You see it on your chart there because during that last year, Jesus all of a sudden changes his tactics remarkably. And rather than going to where the Jews are, he is a non-Jewish territory. He's in Syrophoenicia, he...
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It just makes them a “whitewashed tomb.” There has been no heart change. And this is what God is after. A heart in love with Him and an embrace of “grace only” living because of all Jesus did for us. Better behavior can be a sham, and there is no person who would be most...
Sermon on the Mount E32 – In his fourth teaching on relationships and conflict in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus encourages his listeners to ask God for what they need. Because the three previous teachings don't directly tell us how to respond in specific situations, Jesus emphasizes that ...
Previously, he had ministered in Corinth, a city in southern Greece, perhaps for around a year and a half, leaving behind a collection of believers in Jesus. After Paul left town, these folks continued to meet together in a regular gathering (ekklesia), or perhaps in several gatherings (...
Many people think of God as a male, too. After all, Jesus called God the “Father” and referred to God as “He” and “Him” throughout His ministry on earth. But we also know this is a human constraint we have ascribed to God, who is the Great I Am and the Almighty, cr...
Theological Instincts happen when the paradigms of God’s Revelation are enacted in the ministry of the people of God such that God’s ministry to humanity is more clearly revealed. Jesus knew that “The Sabbath was made for humans, not humans for the S
“What did I get?” And, “How did that change me? What did I start looking for next?” For me, in March 1987 I was reaching the end of my first year of graduate school in mathematics. What I was looking for was education and training; I was hoping for a career as a professor...
Theological Instincts happen when the paradigms of God’s Revelation are enacted in the ministry of the people of God such that God’s ministry to humanity is more clearly revealed. Jesus knew that “The Sabbath was made for humans, not humans for the S