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July 31, 2018
Jesus contemplates his arrest and execution when he speaks these words. It is not what we would expect: this idea of honor and elevation through suffering. Everyone abhors humiliation, pain and death. Jesus invites us into the great mystery. It is God's glory that h...
July 30, 2018
What could possibly be grounds for rejoicing in a circumstance of 'grief and all kinds of trials.' The answer precedes this verse: Jesus is raised from the dead. as Messianic King his people participate in his victory. The worst possible suffering is therefore diluted...
July 29, 2018
Christ's return from the dead was not just a change in his personal fortunes. His resurrection contains everyone else's. Like Adam, Jesus is the bearer of all humanity. God rebirths the world in him. Peter is jubilant because he sees that Christ--and his people have...
July 28, 2018
We want God to travel at our speed. We want him to get his work done within our short attention span. However it is reassuring to know that though our hopes are not yet completed, we have not fallen out of God's intentions. God will realize his dream; then we will rea...
July 27, 2018
The first disciples did see Jesus and knew him personally after the crucifixion. By means of their remembrance and reports of their encounter, it has been possible for millions since to come to know him. Through the agency of his Spirit we too learn to love him, to ado...
July 26, 2018
Jesus' 'awayness' from his disciples is not his indifference to them. Their interests are being served. Christ's apparent absence anticipates a future that includes us. God has made us for himself. He desires our company, and he will have it.
July 25, 2018
Men and women of faith who walked the earth in ages past were serving us as well as their contemporaries. Our apprehension of God is not self-generated. Long ago, God was building into human lives, ideas, convictions and anticipations which would bless posterity. We al...
July 24, 2018
Thomas had been hanging around Jesus for quite a while but didn't 'really' know him. Only later did the disciples realize the true identity of their friend. It is possible to be acquainted with Jesus and still not see God revealed in him. All that we can, or need to...
July 23, 2018
The universe often seems indifferent and mean. There are glimpses of generosity and kindness, but these seem like a trick to get our hopes up before dashing them again. To encounter Jesus is to meet unequivocal goodness--milk for nurture and flourishing; salvation to...
July 22, 2018
The metaphor is rich and deep with many layers. The world thinks poorly of Christ but his are the values of divinity--he is precious to God. God's enterprise begins with Christ, is founded on him, and extends from him, throughout the world in those who 'come to him.'...
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This testimonial comments on God’s faithfulness to his people, Israel during a period of its history marked by serial apostasy and idolatry. God’s de...
“But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion and showed concern for them because of the covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. To this day h...
June 16, 2016
Yes, WE TOO. That is to say, even the lawful, moral and devout ought not believe in their own decency and piety. They ought not do so because it is fa...
" . . .So we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law" (Galatians 2:1...
March 27, 2016
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"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously" (2 Corinthians 9:6).
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