Tag: Bible
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WHAT WENT WRONG
Yesterday I finished my short four week series on some of the Judges from the book in the Hebrew Bible by the same name–Judges. I loved preaching this series–Samson, Gideon, Ehud and Deborah are among the most entertaining stories in the Bible and it doesn’t take much work to preach them. But what I didn’t…
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THE REST OF THESSALONIANS 1 & 2: ADVENT GREEK TRANSLATION
The second week of Advent finishes what was started in week one and then adds all of 2 Thessalonians. There is no significant change in voice, as Paul uses the same vocabulary and continues the same basic voice as he emotionally exhorts this beloved congregation. There are a couple of things, though, worth noting before…
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ACT “ING” OUT: MISSING ITEMS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS
Yesterday (June 17) I promised to blog a summary of the sermon–and right now I am fulfilling that promise. I finished our sermon series, and indeed our treatment of Acts for the year (About half of the sermons for this year have been form Acts in one way or another) by highlighting what I saw…
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NOTHING SAYS HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIKE HERESY
Yesterday I had the privilege of spending lunch celebrating birthdays with some wonderful friends from church. Before the luncheon, I dropped off at a local store to buy birthday cards. As I was sifting through the many options available I found this one. After my heart regained its skipped beat and a hermeneutical defibrillator brought…