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Instead, the first thing Jesus does is compliment the Pharisees and religious scholars as “competent teachers of God’s Law. You won’t go...

I think this is the perfect text for Reformation Sunday – not because it points to grace, or the majesty of God, or the authority of...

But, as the group of members who looked at the passage discovered, there is more to this than a trick! And probably more than you might...

The king is like God; the people who reject the invitation are like the Jews; the servants killed are the prophets; the city burned is...

Paul doesn’t actually have to choose between being an Israelite and following Christ. He can be both … and many in Philippi are both. But...

I think Paul is inviting the Philippians to join him in singing. (Us too!) Not just because the hymn tells of what God has done for us....

Letters are powerful tools –they can heal like a scalpel or destroy like a sledgehammer. Philippians 1:21-30 September 24, 2023 Dr. Todd...

Certain things are hard for us to forgive – power abused, trust betrayed, words used to cut or batter, cruel acts, cold-hearted neglect....

You’ve probably heard the phrase from the end of this passage – “wherever 2 or 3 are gathered …” – usually to indicate that even small...

Paul is evoking, for his listeners, the press of the crowds and the smell of green grass; he is alluding to Jesus’ statements about...

The truth is: we don’t keep the laws of Deuteronomy much anymore. We don’t care whether a person cannot reproduce, and we do not check...

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...

That’s the thing about scripture tales that we turn into pageants like this one – it can seem like a fairytale – like something Disney...

There was no indication that the baby Mary would bear would be anything other than fully healthy. That was not the issue. But the...

What God was doing transformed them from appropriately cautious to daringly bold! I think Luke is asking his audience, “Could you be...

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...

In a culture that gives celebrity status to patriarchs and warrior kings like David, God looks for a suitable collaborator in the ongoing...

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...

For two thousand years Christians have been reading this story about the twelve being sent out with Jesus’ authority to preach and heal...

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...