Category: Church
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ADVENT WEEK 3 TRANSLATION
The third week of Advent focuses very heavily upon the repentance and baptism message of John the Baptist. It was very exciting to translate Matthew, Mark, and Luke all telling the same thing but with slightly different tellings. There are so many hermeneutical things which could be addressed in these passages–from the conclusion of the…
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MAKING A MOVE
I have spent the better part of the weekend moving my things from the old modular into our new administrative center. For the past decade all the staff offices have been in a rotting, dank, dim, and mold infested trailer behind the church’s main building. Recently, though, my wonderful church has spent a lot of…
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ADVENT WEEK 2 TRANSLATION
Today I post what I translated last week in my Gospel Advent readings. These verses are very dramatic, featuring the conclusion of the frightening Olivet Discourse, Jesus predicting Peter’s denial, Judas’ betrayal and the Lord’s Supper. Curiously, the Gospel readings take a side trip away from Luke and over to John 8 for the “woman…
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JACKIE CHAN TAUGHT ME SOMETHING
Last night the Greenbeans settled in to watch a family film after a long but satisfying day of ministry through our church. We seriously pondered watching Elf. Even though I’m not a big Will Ferrell fan Elf is still one of the funniest movies around. I like to give all the credit for that to…