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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Aug 12, 20235 min read
"A Savior in the Storm”
So when they see him walking across the water during another storm, Peter tries to confirm what he thinks he sees. Is this the same one...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Aug 5, 20236 min read
"Advent: Unexpected Hope”
That’s the thing about scripture tales that we turn into pageants like this one – it can seem like a fairytale – like something Disney...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jul 29, 20235 min read
"Advent: Generations”
There was no indication that the baby Mary would bear would be anything other than fully healthy. That was not the issue. But the...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jul 22, 20235 min read
“Advent: the Visible and Invisible”
What God was doing transformed them from appropriately cautious to daringly bold! I think Luke is asking his audience, “Could you be...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jul 15, 20236 min read
“Advent: a hospitable birth in a hard economy”
It is easy to miss Luke’s emphasis when we light Advent candles; clothe our children in bathrobes and paper crowns so they can retell the...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jul 8, 20234 min read
"Advent: Formed by Galilee"
In a culture that gives celebrity status to patriarchs and warrior kings like David, God looks for a suitable collaborator in the ongoing...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jun 24, 20233 min read
"Advent: “God’s Peace Campaign”"
It is hard during December when those candles are drowned out by all the Christmas tree lights; when the stories seem to be from a long...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jun 17, 20235 min read
"Compassion"
For two thousand years Christians have been reading this story about the twelve being sent out with Jesus’ authority to preach and heal...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jun 10, 20235 min read
"Such Faith"
As the gospel says, Jesus was walking along, saw Matthew sitting in his tax booth, and said, “Follow me.” It seems so random – as if...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jun 3, 20234 min read
"Psalm 8's Invitation"
But we also witness to the fact that waiting is part of faithfulness. We worship a God who acts in God’s own time. Not on our timetable....
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
May 20, 20235 min read
"Waiting"
But we also witness to the fact that waiting is part of faithfulness. We worship a God who acts in God’s own time. Not on our timetable....
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
May 13, 20235 min read
"Living Hope"
On our better days, sin can seem like someone else’s problem, an antiquated construct, a dark myth. But from the shadows, Peter lifts up...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
May 6, 20235 min read
"Living Stones"
Other may see them as debris or rubble, but God will use them, collectively, to build a house – a place of welcome, of warmth; a place...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Apr 29, 20235 min read
"Connections"
... as John tells the story, Jesus tries to salvage the conversation by immediately telling a parable about sheep and gates, about...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Apr 22, 20235 min read
"We Had Hoped..."
I wonder what the woman painted by Velázquez, and given voice by Levertov, had hoped Luke 24:13-35 April 23, 2023 Dr. Todd R. Wright ...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Apr 15, 20234 min read
"Scar Stories"
his scars tell of a Savior who will do anything to communicate God’s love; to grant those who believe, life, (eternal life), in his name!...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Apr 9, 20234 min read
"Great Expectations"
It must have pained Matthew to give such a detailed account of his absence; how his boldness in leaving the tax booth evaporated when he...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Apr 1, 20234 min read
"How can This Be... the Messiah?"
People had been hoping for one for a long time – someone to save them from occupation and oppression, from violence and violation, from...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Mar 25, 20235 min read
"How can... the Dead Be Raised?"
Maybe Jesus’ tears were bright and determined because he was doing something worth living for, worth dying for. John 11:1-45 March 26,...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Mar 18, 20235 min read
"How can... the blind see?"
Only Jesus sees a precious child of God, no more sinful than anyone else. Only Jesus sees him as something more than broken, an object of...
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