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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jan 143 min read
"Beloved"
Matthew and Luke tell birth stories so we will know that this baby is the Messiah. Mark makes his case at the baptism with the heavens...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Jan 74 min read
"The Other Magi"
Perhaps you have heard the classic short story by Henry Van Dyke, The Story of the Other Wise Man. It tells of Artaban, who also saw the...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Dec 24, 20233 min read
"A Christmas Parable"
She realized this was a parable for the incarnation. She writes, “So, if you have ears to hear, listen: when your grilled cheese is eaten...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Dec 24, 20235 min read
"Sharing Our Journey"
Gabriel greets her as “favored one!” and asserts that the Lord is with her. It is the kind of statement that stops time. Luke says she...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Dec 3, 20234 min read
"After that suffering"
Jesus says, “after that suffering,” when it seems like the very heavens are shaking, the Son of Man will come with great power and glory...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Nov 26, 20235 min read
"When Did we..."
Matthew says in the previous chapter that his disciples came to him “privately” with questions about the end of the age: what will...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Nov 19, 20234 min read
“Soggy Cereal and Tepid Tea”
So when Paul thanks God, it is not just for what God is doing, but for the way the people there are responding! That’s a good reminder...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Nov 19, 20236 min read
"Take Risks"
Jesus has entrusted his disciples with the good news. They must dare to act; they must share what they have been given; they must...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Nov 12, 20236 min read
"Be Ready"
Gathering on the Mount of Olives is important. The prophet Zechariah looks forward to a day when the LORD will stand on the Mount of...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Nov 4, 20234 min read
"Humble Teachers"
Instead, the first thing Jesus does is compliment the Pharisees and religious scholars as “competent teachers of God’s Law. You won’t go...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Oct 28, 20234 min read
"Silence"
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...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Oct 21, 20235 min read
"Render"
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...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Oct 14, 20237 min read
"The Kingdom of Heaven on Earth"
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...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Oct 7, 20235 min read
"A Holy Collision"
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...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Sep 30, 20234 min read
"Emptied"
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....
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Sep 23, 20235 min read
"A Powerful Tool"
Letters are powerful tools –they can heal like a scalpel or destroy like a sledgehammer. Philippians 1:21-30 September 24, 2023 Dr. Todd...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Sep 16, 20235 min read
"Sunflowers
Certain things are hard for us to forgive – power abused, trust betrayed, words used to cut or batter, cruel acts, cold-hearted neglect....
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Sep 9, 20234 min read
"Where 2 or 3 are gathered"
You’ve probably heard the phrase from the end of this passage – “wherever 2 or 3 are gathered …” – usually to indicate that even small...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Sep 2, 20235 min read
"Paul's Story?”
Paul is evoking, for his listeners, the press of the crowds and the smell of green grass; he is alluding to Jesus’ statements about...
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Dr. Todd R. Wright
Aug 19, 20235 min read
"All People?”
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...
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