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Epiphany 4: Old Testament, Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Deuteronomy 18:15-20 I LOVE THIS TEXT. In the early days of my walk with Christ, I “cut my teeth” listening to the original “Bible Answer Man,” Dr. Walter Martin. Dr. Martin, an apologist...
No Interruptions
Epiphany 3: Gospel, Mark 1:14-20 Mark 1:14-20 In the gospel of Mark things come along quickly. So quickly in fact that things can be missed for the brevity and motion we encounter even as...
Time Is Short
Epiphany 3: Epistle, 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Take another look at our title this morning. Ask yourself a question: do you believe it? And how does one square a statement like that with the fact that the passage of scripture we will be looking at...
A Prophet, A Burp, and the Goodness of God
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Epiphany 3: Old Testament, Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Jonah 3:1-5, 10 How often does one get to write about the result of a fish’s indigestion? Before I say that it is probably good that it is a rare occurrence, I have to step back and take in the fact that the issue is apparently important to...
Moses Knew His Stuff
Second Sunday after the Epiphany: Gospel, John 1:43-51 John 1:43-51 Most of us spend the days, months and years of our Christian discipleship just wishing it were easier to speak to others about Jesus. In this week’s gospel, we find someone who doesn’t have that challenge. And this...
Our Body, His Body
Second Sunday after Epiphany: Epistle, 1 Cor. 6:12-20 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 The church is a mystery. It is something at which God hints in the Old Testament and even though a form of it exists there, its full flowering comes under the glories of the New Covenant in Jesus. And the way the...
He Won't Let the Light Go Out
Second Sunday after Epiphany: OT, 1 Samuel 3:1-10 1 Samuel 3:1-10 One of my favorite characters in the Old Testament is Samuel. Why? I think it is rooted in the very text we will consider today, sometimes labeled as “The Calling of...
The Well-pleasing One
The Baptism of Our Lord: Gospel, Mark 1 :4-11 Mark 1:4-11 There is in Mark’s gospel a wonderful simplicity. Clear. Concise. Short and to the point. It has long been understood and accepted that the gospel...
Limitless Part Two
The Baptism of Our Lord: Epistle, Romans 6:1-11 Romans 6:1-11 The unconquerable truths of the epistle reading this week have been, I believe, my go to passage from Paul more than any other in my walk with Jesus. I’ve read...
Limitless Part One
The Baptism of Our Lord: Old Testament, Gen. 1 :1-5 Genesis 1:1-5 Coming out of the Church Calendar events surrounding the birth and infancy of our Lord, the first event commemorated each year is His baptism by John. That stands to reason, not because none of the...
